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Welcome to Kicking the Seat!

Ian Simmons launched Kicking the Seat in 2009, one week after seeing Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia. His wife proposed blogging as a healthier outlet for his anger than red-faced, twenty-minute tirades (Ian is no longer allowed to drive home from the movies).

The Kicking the Seat Podcast followed three years later and, despite its “undiscovered gem” status, Ian thoroughly enjoys hosting film critic discussions, creating themed shows, and interviewing such luminaries as Gaspar NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy Seimetz, and Richard Dreyfuss.

Ian is a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. He also has a family, a day job, and conflicted feelings about referring to himself in the third person.

Ep784: THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (2022) Round Table Review

Ep784: THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER (2022) Round Table Review

Earth's Mightiest Critics traverse the Bifrost once more to review Thor: Love and Thunder!

Well, most of them do, anyway. In the first of a multi-part experiment, Ian (who has been sticking to his year-long moratorium on superhero films and TV shows) pops in to intro and outro the discussion, and then unleash the panel on Taika Waititi's latest Marvel movie event!

Will this off-kilter comic-comedy be the shot in the arm that Phase Four desperately needs? Or will it prove to be another "wait 6 weeks for Disney+" non-starter? Find out as the EMC finds out if the discourse is worthy enough to lift!

Also, stay tuned to the very end to find out which comic book movie the entire crew will debate next week!

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Ep785: SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) Round Table Review

Ep785: SPIDER-MAN 3 (2007) Round Table Review

Ep783: Ozploitation Special! FAIR GAME and NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD Movie Reviews

Ep783: Ozploitation Special! FAIR GAME and NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD Movie Reviews