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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.

Ep20: Men of Steel

Rest easy, kids. The KtS Podcast hasn't missed out on the entire summer! Sure, we've skipped what would have surely been epic discussions about Star Trek: Into Darkness, Fast & Furious 6, and After Earth, but at least Man of Steel didn't slip through our fingers!

Check out this spoilerific episode to hear Ian, Matt, and Graham demolish Zack Snyder's Lycra-draped, 9/11-era Christ allegory, and thrill to the sounds of Ian fumbling sleeplessly through half-points about expensive coffeemakers, James Gandolfini's passing, and the joys/horrors of taking a kid to the movies for the very first time!

Ep21: Monsters University / Kumbayacast

Ep19: Three Men Iron Stuff Out