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Ep1153: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 07 -...

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2025/09/19

Earth's Mightiest Critics are just about done with the Alien franchise--but Alien: Earth is not done with them!This week, we look at Episode 7, "Emergence", which finds many of the deep-space monsters breaking containment on Prodigy Island--leading to chest-bursting, jaw-ripping mayhem, and the World Record for "Most Ambushes in a 40-minute TV Show"!Join us as we hack our way through the rest of this nonsense jungle!We also take your questions, comments, and SuperChats!Support Kicking the Seat on

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Ep1151: Xanadu (1980) - Movie Review

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2025/09/17

Ian and Jeff strap on their skates and venture into the heady neon-glow of Xanadu!Robert Greenwald's 1980 musical fantasy stars Olivia Newton-John as Kira, a muse and daughter of Zeus, who seeks to inspire a struggling L.A. artist named Sonny Malone (Michael Beck). As romance blooms, Sonny meets a former magician-turned-construction-magnate named Danny McGuire (Gene Kelly), who dreams of opening up a nightclub--and who may have crossed paths with Kira during his days as an enlisted entertainer

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Ep1151: The Long Walk (2025) Live Roundtable Review

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2025/09/16

The Long Walk may be one of Stephen King's finest novels, but how well does it translate to film?Earth's Mightiest Critics look at the dystopian game show thriller, in which 50 teenagers walk for as long as they can while flanked by armed guards who execute anyone who stops. The filmmakers (which include Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence), take bizarre and often unforgivable liberties with the source material, blending elements of Death Race 2000 with tired armchair political messaging--all in

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Ep1150: IndieSeen: By the Stream (2024) - Movie Review

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2025/09/12

Ian and Sujewa return with a heated look at a chill movie: Hong Sang-soo's By the Stream!Kim Min-hee stars as Jeo-nim, an instructor at a Seoul women's college. After a scandal leaves her without a director for her class's segment in an upcoming skit competition, she recruits uncle Choo Si-eon (Kwon Hae-hyo)--a disgraced former director--to help. Over several meals, rehearsals, and meaningful walks, truths are revealed and new relationships bloom.In this spoilerfiic and contentious review, Ian and

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Ep1149: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 06 -...

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2025/09/12

Will Earth's Mightiest Critics make it to the end of Alien: Earth? As a wise android once said, "I can't lie to you about your chances, but you have my sympathies."This week, we review Episode 6, "The Fly", in which the children in adult bodies make infantile decisions; the adults act like dimwitted children; and the synths and cyborgs wait patiently for deep space monsters to put everyone out of their misery.Join us as we march slowly (oh, so s...l...o...w...l...y..) to what's sure to be a

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Ep1148: Here We Go Again: The Toxic Avenger...

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2025/09/10

Does it count as a "Here We Go Again" episode if we do something new?We're about to find out, as Earth's Mightiest Critics welcome the one and only Lloyd Kaufman to discuss the 1984 superhero splat-fest, The Toxic Avenger--and the recently released re-imagining by writer/director Macon Blair!Mark and Joe join Ian for a free-wheeling look at the "First Superhero from New Jersey", and the wild journey Troma Studios has taken over the decades.Plus: Stay tuned to the very end (why wouldn't you?) for an

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Ep1147: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 05 -...

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2025/09/05

Earth's Mightiest Critics want to nuke Alien: Earth from orbit (just to be sure), but they soldier on through Episode 5--determined to see this frustrating series to the bitter end.In episode 5, "In Space, No One...", the series' momentum grinds to a halt as we revisit the doomed crew of the Weyland/Yutani science vessel, The Maginot, in an hour-long flashback that serves up a cargo bay's worth of narrative contradictions.Is Noah Hawley messing with us, serving up slop for more than half a season

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Ep1146: KPop Demon Hunters (2025) - Live Roundtable...

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2025/09/04

Grab a soda pop and join Earth's Mightiest Critics for a look at the anime phenomenon that's sweeping the globe: KPop Demon Hunters!International singing superstars Rumi (Arden Cho), Mira (May Hong), and Zoey (Ji-young Yoo) are secretly part of an ancient order of warriors who defend our reality from the forces of darkness. When a rival band appears on the scene to seduce fans away from the power trio, a battle for the songs and souls of billions begins!KPop Demon Hunters has captured the hearts and

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Ep1145: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 04 -...

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2025/08/29

Earth's Mightiest Critics would give a lung to be done with Alien: Earth--but we soldier on in the hopes that it will (someday, in the far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far, far future) get good!The synopsis for Episode 4 ("Observation") reads: "An unexpected connection is formed while a covert plot puts everyone in danger."Yep, that...sounds like an Alien story alright.But beyond the synopsis, this installment brings us a truly unexpected surprise: an episode worthy of our time and

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Ep1144: Eenie Meanie (2025) - Live Roundtable Review

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2025/08/28

As summer winds down, Earth's Mightiest Critics speed things up with Eenie Meanie!Samara Weaving stars in this direct-to-streaming action movie about a reformed teenage getaway driver who gets dragged back into her unsavory past when a former employer offers her a chance to save the life of her chronically unreliable ex-boyfriend.The film has been savaged by critics, but does it deserve the hate--or is there more to this entry in a well-worn sub-genre than meets the eye?Join us as we take this

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Ep1143: Accademia Giallo: Autopsy (1975) - Live...

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2025/08/24

It's back-to-school time and "Accademia Giallo" has your front-row seat to an Autopsy!Armando Crispino's 1975 thriller centers on an outbreak of suicides in Rome, leading to a morgue attendant's hallucinations of the dead returning to life. And things only get stranger from there!Join us for one last summer shriek as we dissect this bizarre half-century scare-fest!We also take your questions, comments, and SuperChats!Support Kicking the Seat on Patreon, watch us on YouTube, and follow us

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Ep1142: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 03 -...

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2025/08/22

Earth's Mightiest Critics might be tempted to nuke Alien: Earth from orbit, but they'll wait to pass judgment on Noah Hawley's prequel series until after the finale...just to be sure.But that won't stop us from reviewing Episode 3, "Metamorphosis":"The team returns home with unexpected cargo. An unsettling experiment occurs, and a new talent is discovered."Vaguely chilling, or chillingly vague! You decide--we'll analyze!You're one click away from more spoilerific space spore savagery! We also take

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Ep1141: "Andy, Did You Hear About This One?" Make Me...

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2025/08/21

Ian and Jeff travel back to the vibrant art scene of early-80s New York City with a look at two related but very different films, Make Me Famous and Basquiat!The former is Brian Vincent's 2021 documentary about obscure expressionist portraitist Edward Brezinski, who lived in a crumbling 3rd Street slum; he spent his days painting and his nights hitting up gallery openings trying to drum up interest in his work (as well as scrounging for food and drink). He orbited the likes of Keith Haring and

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Ep1140: The Legend of Billie Jean (1985) - Live 40th...

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2025/08/21

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 outlaw who goes on the lam with her younger brother and a couple of close friends, following a violent run-in with a skeevy local businessman. The story gains national attention, and Billie Jean becomes a symbol for rebellion and extra-judicial justice.Four decades on, can The Legend of Billie Jean still

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Ep1139: Wrung Turn: An Interview with "Four Horses,...

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2025/08/18

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 shape his life, Ben's latest work examines three bizarre totems from the year 1990: DC Comics' The Sandman, Depeche Mode's "Violator" album, and Adrian Lyne's film, Jacob’s Ladder (which the guys review in moderate depth).While investigating the odd connections between these three works, Ben delves further

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Ep1138: Say No More, Xenomorph: Alien Earth Ep 01/02...

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2025/08/15

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 landmark 1979 film, Alien, follows an investigation into a deep space vessel that crashed into Earth, carrying weird and ultra-deadly creatures--including everyone's favorite long-domed, double-mouthed drool machine!Will showrunner Noah Hawley bring the same shot-in-the-arm to Alien that he did to Fargo

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Ep1137: Weapons (2025) - Live Roundtable Review

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2025/08/14

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 from the same class mysteriously vanish in the middle of the night. Tensions run high as parents suspect the kids' teacher (Julia Garner) of being a witch; as Cregger's Roshomon-style narrative unfolds, the unsettling truth of who orchestrated the mass disappearance comes to light.In this wild EMC

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Ep1136: Here We Go Again: The Naked Gun (1988 / 2025)...

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2025/08/07

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 Files of Police Squad!, and centers on Frank Drebin, Jr. (Liam Neeson), who wants nothing more than to live up to the legacy of his bumbling-hero father (Leslie Nielsen). When a bank heist connects to a murder, Frank Jr. finds himself in the midst of a wild techno conspiracy--and a whole lot of cartoon

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Ep1135: Escape from Hammerland: Paranoiac (1963) -...

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2025/08/01

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 dysfunctional Ashby siblings, Eleanor (Janette Scott) and Simon (Oliver Reed). They are weeks away from inheriting the family fortune, left to them after their parents' untimely death (and that of middle child, Antony, who took his own life out of grief). Eleanor begins seeing visions of Antony, back from

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Ep1134: Here We Go Again: The Fantastic Four (1994 -...

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2025/07/31

This blockbuster season has been less than rock solid for IP-driven films. Will The Fantastic Four: First Steps continue that trend by remaining invisible to moviegoers? Or could it set the box office on fire?(Earth's Mightiest Critics think that's a bit of a stretch!)Regardless if it's a dud or a delight, the EMC have got you covered!Join us for a special 5-film "Here We Go Again" review of the entire FF live-action cinematic franchise. We'll talk the Roger Corman-produced 1994 camp classic; Tim

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