Ian and Mike don't believe in guilty pleasures, but they do appreciate "Awfully Great" movies!Yes, it's time for another ongoing series, and we're kicking things off with a 30th-anniversary tribute to David Kellogg's magnum oh-yeah-pus, Cool as Ice! Robert Van Winkle stars as Johnny, a colorful space alien/superhero* who brings style and hip-hop culture to a hopelessly square rural town (which also shares a nexus point with vast expanses of desert). He meets a brilliant high school senior whose parents happen to be in the witness protection program, and helps the family defeat a pair of vengeful, crooked cops.Yes, that's a real movie, and in the next 50 minutes, you'll hear heart defenses of this mash-up of Rebel Without a Cause and Say Anything--including the dazzling camerawork of Oscar-winning DP Janusz Kaminski; unironically strong performances by Kristin Minter and Michael Gross; and a story so brazen in its lack of give-a-shit that the film demands to be seen and placed on a boombox atop a pedestal!*Ian's theory, not officially endorsed by Universal Pictures.Show Links:Watch the Cool as Ice trailer.Chicagoans! Catch Vanilla Ice live in concert this Saturday at the Naperville Music Festival! (Note: Mike and Ian mistakenly said that The Village People are part of the lineup.)Buy Kino Lorber's recently released Cool as Ice Blu-ray.Keep up with Mike Crowley's reviews at You'll Probably Agree.Subscribe to, like, and comment on the Kicking the Seat YouTube channel!