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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.

Ep329: Declaration of IndependANTs

Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast and Keeping it Reel's David Fowlie head into the quantum realm for a look at Ant-Man and the Wasp, which lands in theatres tomorrow. Ian was not a fan of the 2015 original (surprise, surprise), but he and David found this entry in the ever-expanding Marvel canon to be a (mostly) breezy antidote to the burdensome summer blockbuster. In this spoilerific chat, the guys break down the ways in which Peyton Reed's sequel alternately defines and defies comic-book-movie expectations; wonder aloud if the titular dynamic duo should return as headliners for a third outing; and argue the merits of star Evangeline Lily.

Also, Ian invites listeners to revisit Episode 107, in which he, Matt, and Graham turned their shrink ray on the first Ant-Man and predicted (hilariously, in hindsight) the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Episode 329 is impervious to Raid!

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Ep330: Unidentified Flying Cupcakes

Ep328: Blurred Lines