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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.

Ep921: If You Like THE LAST STARFIGHTER, You'll Love GRAN TURISMO

Ep921: If You Like THE LAST STARFIGHTER, You'll Love GRAN TURISMO

Kicking the Seat ain't playing around with its newest series, "If You Like...You'll Love..."!

In this inaugural installment, we look at Neill Blomkamp's GRAN TURISMO and Nick Castle's 1984 cult classic, THE LAST STARFIGHTER--two films with much more in common than a hopeful-gamer-teen-gets-the-chance-of-a-lifetime plot!

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Ep922: Beyond Hammerland: THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973)

Ep922: Beyond Hammerland: THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE (1973)

Ep920: THE POPE'S EXORCIST (2023) / THE DEVIL AND FATHER AMORTH (2017) - Movie Reviews

Ep920: THE POPE'S EXORCIST (2023) / THE DEVIL AND FATHER AMORTH (2017) - Movie Reviews