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 Noé, Rachel Brosnahan, Amy 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.
In the latest Panem PSA, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) returns to address his captive audience--or rather, his audience of captives! Watch out for a glitch in his power matrix, though, as another side of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One emerges!
Check out the newest Hunger Games PSA below, and visit the film's YouTube channel for more updates!
