Kicking the Seat
The infrequent audio companion to Kicking the Seat (www.kickseat.com)!
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2025
Ep1140: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) - Live 40th Anniversary Roundtable Review
Earth's Mightiest Critics may fight a lot, but at least we fight fair--thanks in part to the punky, earnest admonitions of 1985's The Legend of Billie Jean!Helen Slater stars as the titular teen outl…
Thu 21 Aug 2025
Ep1139: Wrung Turn: An Interview with "Four Horses, Seven Seals" Author Ben Beard
Ian welcomes back author Ben Beard to discuss his latest, best, and most personal book, Four Horses, Seven Seals!Continuing his tradition of mixing autobiography with the pop culture that helped shap…
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Ep1138: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 01/02 - Live Roundtable Review
In space, everyone can see you stream--and Earth's Mightiest Critics do just that with the latest sci-fi/horror TV show, Alien: Earth!This series, set two years before the events of Ridley Scott's la…
Fri 15 Aug 2025
Ep1137: Weapons (2025) - Live Roundtable Review
Earth's Mightiest Critics don't condone violence, but we will review Weapons!The latest thriller from writer/director Zach Cregger centers on a small town in mourning after 17 grade school children f…
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Ep1136: Here We Go Again: The Naked Gun (1988 / 2025) - Live Roundtable Review
Summer's not over yet, and neither is Hollywood's addiction to remakes and requels! Case in point: The Naked Gun!Akiva Schaffer's legacy sequel picks up decades after 1988's The Naked Gun: From the F…
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Ep1135: Escape from Hammerland: Paranoiac (1963) - Movie Review
Our Escape from Hammerland continues with one of the twistiest (and most twisted) psychological thrillers you'll ever see!Freddie Francis' 1963 film, Paranoiac, follows the wealthy and extremely dysf…
Fri 01 Aug 2025
Ep1133: IndieSeen: The Last Days of Joseph Koch Comics Warehouse (2025) Interview w/ Sujewa Ekanayake
IndieSeen returns with a BANG! BOOM! POW! of an episode as we look at the new documentary, The Last Days of Joseph Koch Comics Warehouse!The movie follows the closing weeks of a massive Brooklyn pop …
Sun 27 Jul 2025
Ep1132: Here We Go Again: I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 / 2025)
According to Hollywood, the best bait is nostalgia-bait. In this week's live panel, Earth's Mightiest Critics bite down hard on I Know What You Did Last Summer and don't let go!In this requel of Jim …
Thu 24 Jul 2025
Ep1131: Eddington (2025) - Movie Review
Ian and Jeff visit the not-so-sleepy little town of Eddington for a spoilerific look back at 2020, through the cracked lens of indie genre giant Ari Aster!Joaquin Phoenix stars as sheriff Joe Cross, …
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Ep1130: Lethal Weapon (1987) - Movie Review
Ian and David aren't too old for this review of Richard Donner's seminal buddy-cop action opus, Lethal Weapon!Mel Gibson and Danny Glover star as Riggs and Murtaugh, two police officers thrown togeth…
Sat 19 Jul 2025
Ep1129: Superman (2025) - LIVE Roundtable Review
The James Gunn Era of the new DCU kicks off with Superman, and Earth's Mightiest Critics have a lot to say about it!David Corenswet stars as the latest big-screen incarnation of the Man of Steel in t…
Thu 17 Jul 2025
Ep1128: Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) - Movie Review
Join us for a Jurassic Park 7 roundtable review, and place bets on which panelist will fall asleep first.Subscribe, like, and comment on Kicking the Seat here on YouTube, and check us out at:kickseat…
Thu 10 Jul 2025
Ep1127: Superman 2025: A Public Service Announcement
Ian recommends skipping the new Superman. But there's another recent release that demands your attention--and offers everything James Gunn's empty, ill-fitting tights cannot!Also, he makes a bold com…
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Ep1126: F1: The Movie (2025) - LIVE Roundtable Review
Summer 2025 has been the IP killer, with once-mighty franchises bombing harder than the climax of Dr. Strangelove.But, wait! What's that coming around the track? Why, it's Brad Pitt behind the wheel …
Thu 03 Jul 2025
Ep1125: 28 Years Later (2025) - Live Roundtable Review
Earth's Mightiest Critics return to the dystopian hellscape of Danny Boyle and Alex Garland's stop-and-start franchise with a look at 28 Years Later!Nearly three decades after a "rage virus" wrecked …
Thu 26 Jun 2025
Ep1124: Bond & Determined: Thunderball (1965) - Movie Review
Our "Bond & Determined" series emerges from deep cover for a 60th anniversary review of Thunderball! Sean Connery's fourth big-screen outing as the MI6 super-spy finds James Bond tracking down stolen…
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Ep1123: Accademia Giallo: Murder-Rock: Dancing Death (1984) - Movie Review
This month, "Accademia Giallo" cranks it up to "11" with a roundtable review of Murder-Rock: Dancing Death!In Lucio Fulci's mid-80s thriller, the owner of a prestigious New York ballet school teams u…
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Ep1122: Escape from Hammerland: X The Unknown (1956) - Movie Review
The outer boundaries of Hammerland are in sight, but no daring escape would be complete without a blown tire at the worst possible moment; that blown tire is the 1956 Quatermass knock-off X The Unkno…
Sun 22 Jun 2025
Ep1121: I Can't Believe It's Not Better!: Being Maria (2025) / Last Tango in Paris (1972) - Movie Review
In 1972, Bernardo Bertolucci's Last Tango in Paris pierced the cinema landscape with its gritty and unrelenting portrayal of animalistic sex, grief, and urban malaise.Marlon Brando stars as Paul, a r…
Fri 20 Jun 2025
Ep1120: Here We Go Again: How to Train Your Dragon (2010 / 2025) - Live Roundtable Review
Dreamworks has entered the "live action remake" arena with How to Train Your Dragon, and Earth's Mightiest Critics have a take or two on the déjà vu!Dean DeBlois returns with an update of the 2010 an…
Thu 19 Jun 2025
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