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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.

Ep981: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

Ep981: There's No Stalgia Like Nostalgia: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST and LATE NIGHT WITH THE DEVIL

It's a doubly good Good Friday as Ian and Pat look at two spiritual films: In one corner, Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 drama, The Passion of The Christ--squaring off against Cameron and Colin Cairnes' recently released horror spectacular, Late Night with The Devil!

The guys dig deep to talk about Gibson's widely misunderstood masterpiece (some of the contention persists into this very podcast!), in which Jim Caviezel plays the Son of God during his tumultuous final hours on Earth.

Next up, David Dastmalchian's star turn as a late-70s, late-night TV talk show host made Ian and Pat's heads spin! Jack Delroy is a jocular but fiercely competitive Carson rival whose idea of a ratings grab is to interview Satan on a live Halloween broadcast. Dastmalchian makes audiences believe in the Cairnes' fully realized world of wide lapels, hypnosis, and occult hysteria.

Join us for an odd pairing and a classic tale of Good Versus Evil at the Movies!

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Show Links

Ep982: GOJIRA X GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS! - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep982: GOJIRA X GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS! - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep980: The Devil's in the Details

Ep980: The Devil's in the Details