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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 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.

Ep36: 12 YEARS A SLAVE

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It's hard to write a snarky intro when the movie at hand is 12 Years a Slave, so we won't even go there.

This week concludes our unofficial "Lost Episodes" series, and finds Ian and Matt talking about Steve McQueen's powerful, challenging epic. There's also an awards-season update, a eulogy for the ill-fated "Summer Fret-rospective", and a plug for the Studio Movie Grill's 30th anniversary screening of A Christmas Story on December 4th (in addition to the one you just read).

As always, you can follow Kicking the Seat on Twitter, like our Facebook page, and rate and review us on iTunes.

Thanks, and take care!

Ep37: Happy Thanksgiving! / CATCHING FIRE on Facebook

Ep35: GRAVITY: Hey, At Least It's Still in Theatres!