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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.

What If He Doesn't Survive? THE MANDALORIAN Season 3 / Episode 8 - Round Table Review

What If He Doesn't Survive? THE MANDALORIAN Season 3 / Episode 8 - Round Table Review

It's the Season 3 finale, and as usual, Disney Star Wars has a lot of ground to cover in The Mandalorian Episode 8!

Will Mando escape the clutches of Moff Gideon and, if so, at what cost? How many more Mandalorians will fall to the merciless blades of the Praetorian Guards? And just who are the "spies" that were alluded to in the last episode's title?

Most importantly: Will there be a Season 4, or do we have to wait until Dave Filoni's "Avengers-style" mega-movie to see how this all shakes out?

Watch and find out!

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Ep873: IndieSeen: THREE WORLDS (2018) - with Writer/Director Amir Motlagh

Ep873: IndieSeen: THREE WORLDS (2018) - with Writer/Director Amir Motlagh

Ep872: THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) - Movie Review

Ep872: THE MALTESE FALCON (1941) - Movie Review