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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.

Ep895: Target Audience: TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (2023)

Ep895: Target Audience: TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (2023)

Ian and Luke get wild with a "Target Audience" look at Transformers: Rise of the Beasts!

When planet-eating monster Unicron threatens to devour Earth, Optimus Prime and the Autobots must team up with their robot-animal counterparts and a pair of down-on-their-luck Brooklynites to save the world!

In this spoiler-free mini-review, Ian and Luke talk about the excitement, the scares, and the near-tears that mark the seventh Transformers movie. And Luke does his best to share the huge final-scene spoiler. Can Dad stop him in time?!

What did you think about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts? Let us know in the comments!

Show Links

  • Watch the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer.

  • Plus! Watch Ian and Earth's Mightiest Critics' reality-hopping round table review of Rise of the Beasts!

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Ep896: TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep896: TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep894: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep894: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023) - Round Table Review