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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.

Ep991: Return to Hammerland: QUATERMASS 2 (1957)

Ep991: Return to Hammerland: QUATERMASS 2 (1957)

On their Return to Hammerland, Ian and AC pick up fellow traveler Bill Gudmundson for an out-of-this-world review of 1957's Quatermass 2!

Professor Bernard Quatermass (Brian Donleavy) has spent years working on a moon colonization project--only to have it scrapped by the government. In a bizarre twist, he discovers that alien invaders have secretly built a fully operational version of his moon base in the desert! Can he crack a high-level conspiracy and save the world from enemies who can manipulate minds to sinister ends?

Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed that we've covered the first and third movies of this sci-fi trilogy (based on Nigel Kneale's books) in our previous Hammerland series, but never its middle installment. In this episode, you'll find out why!

Note: Late in the episode, AC mistakenly refers to Andre Morell, when he meant to say “Andrew Keir”.

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Show Links

Ep992: This is NOT a REBEL MOON PART 2 Review...Yet (with Armond White)

Ep992: This is NOT a REBEL MOON PART 2 Review...Yet (with Armond White)

Ep990: ABIGAIL (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review

Ep990: ABIGAIL (2024) - LIVE Round Table Review