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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.

Ep09: Once Upon a Rom Com / Dredding the Master

What do you get when you cross the gifted, hilarious cast of the play Once Upon a Rom Com: The Bill Pullman Story with an interviewer whose idea of dinner is a slice of pizza and a 5-Hour Energy shot?

I don't know; I'm too afraid to listen. But that shouldn't stop you from enjoying this lively conversation with director Neal Fischer, writer Brian Work, and stars Philip Platakis, Jeremy Eden, Madalyn Mattsey, Bev Bailey, Amanda Bloom, and Bryan Schmiderer!

It's very important that I mention their names here, for reasons that will become all to0 clear once you listen to the episode--an episode, by the way, which is now available on iTunes, along with the rest of Kicking the Seat's eight-episodes-strong podcasting armada!

Enjoy this week's show, and please tell everyone you know to check out Once Upon a Rom Com at 7:30pm, every Wednesday through Halloween at Chicago's Gorilla Tango Theatre!

Catch ya!

Correction: In this episode, I mistakenly state that Bill Pullman appeared in The Ring. I meant to say The Grudge, of course. Hey, at least I got half the title right, right?

Ep10: Rooting out "Life of Pi" with Matt Lazar!

Ep08: Patty Mullen / Burning Bridges, Planting Seeds