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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.

Ep904: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep904: MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING PART ONE (2023) - Round Table Review

Tom Cruise strikes again! The ageless maverick returns to resuscitate the summer box office once again with Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One--and Earth's Mightiest Critics discuss whether the risk is worth the reward!

Ethan Hunt and his team of globetrotting super-spies must track down a powerful weapon before it falls into the wrong hands (yes, this is a description of a new movie, allegedly!).

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join us in spilling secrets, hatching plans, and decoding your coded messages from the chat!

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Ep905: OPPENHEIMER (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep905: OPPENHEIMER (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep903: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023) - Round Table Review

Ep903: INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY (2023) - Round Table Review