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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.

Ep254: The Master Cylinder

Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast welcomes back Aaron Christensen of Horror 101 with Dr. A.C. to discuss two little-seen and wildly different "backyard horror" movies. The guys take on the controversial "video nasty", Suffer, Little Children and J.R. Bookwalter's low-budget zombie-apocalypse epic, The Dead Next Door!

At first glance, neither movie is worth the time of audiences who prefer polish (and semi-professionalism) in their entertainment, but Ian and Aaron delve into the hows and whys of each film's trashy treasures--including a sidebar about censorship in UK horror. Plus, Ian brings up some fascinating info on Bookwalter, courtesy of an old Love-It-Loud interview with the writer/director that he found while doing his homework for this episode.

Also, Ian teases the return of Asian Pop-up Cinema, which kicks off its fifth season this Wednesday night!

Episode 254 is our most odd odyssey into obscurity!

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Ep255: Honor Thy MOTHER! and Stanton

Ep253: Floaties