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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.

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)

This was supposed to be a review of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver.

But as you'll soon see, Ian and Armond won't be able to talk about the movie until the end of summer (even though it was allegedly released on Netflix a couple weeks ago). Herein is a fiery look at the creative gray area of "The Director's Cut", where art, commerce, and technology form an uneasy (possibly unholy) alliance against which the movies have little defense. PLUS: A take on Peter Jackson's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy you won't find anywhere else!

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Show Links

Ep993: THE OLD OAK (2023) - Movie Review

Ep993: THE OLD OAK (2023) - Movie Review

Ep991: Return to Hammerland: QUATERMASS 2 (1957)

Ep991: Return to Hammerland: QUATERMASS 2 (1957)