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.
Greetings, Old Sport!
Won't you sit a spell and listen to the first of many jovial recollections concerning the delightful blockbuster season that was Summer 2013?
Daisy and Nick won't be joining us this evening. But my fine, fine colleagues Ian, Matt, and Graham are more than happy to talk about the marvelous movies of May! Sure, some tempers will flare amidst the laughs, but in the end we're all well-to-do lifelong friends who can all agree that Star Trek Into Darkness was fucking garbage.
