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.
The KtS Podcast takes a bit of a detour with Episode 61--setting aside summer blockbusters in favor of Jenny Slate's new vehicle, Obvious Child. Thrill to a lively debate between Ian and Matt (not over the film's hot-button topic of abortion, but the filmmakers' handling of it), and bop along with Graham and his sight-unseen, front-row seat to the madness!
Ian also plugs the latest KtS Contest, and encourages you to enter for a shot at winning The Lego Movie on blu-ray!
