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.
This week, the guys talk about Nicholas Stoller's smash comedy, Neighbors. Who liked it? Who loved it? Who's putting up their house to get away from it? Maybe no one, but you'll have to listen to find out!
Also, Ian crawls out a fog to plug his new radio gig, and promises to stop talking about the amazing, just-wrapped Chicago Critics Film Festival--until next year. So settle in for another quality episode of picket fences and nonsense--otherwise known as "Episode 55"!
