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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.

Ep499: Toxic Femininity

Today, the Kicking the Seat Podcast re-teams with Earth's Mightiest Critics to release Birds of Prey into the wild! Joining Ian for this lively and controversial discussion are David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel, Emmanuel Noisette of Eman's Movie Reviews, and Don Shanahan of Every Movie Has a Lesson!

Is this female-led follow-up to Suicide Squad truly a butt-kicking empowerment narrative--or have DC miscalculated the market's appetite for misandrist entertainment? The guys go all in on spoilers to dissect the plot, structure, and comic-book roots of this Harley Quinn vehicle thinly disguised as a team-up movie, so if you haven't seen yet experienced this Fantabulous Emancipation for yourself, be warned!

Episode 499 would also kill for an egg sandwich!

Show Guide:

Intro Music: 0:00 - 0:14

Intro: 0:14 - 3:13

Birds of Prey Trailer: 3:13 - 5:32

Birds of Prey Discussion: 5:32 - 1:31:04

Outro Music: 1:31:04 - 1:31:19

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Ep500: Secret Origins w/ Dann Gire!

Ep498: FRIDAY THE 40TH Part 1: You're All Doomed!