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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.

Ep58: A MILLION WAYS TO DIE...with Guests!

This week, we look at a movie so forgotten by its own studio that I couldn't even find a high-res image to butcher for this post! Yep, Seth MacFarlane's box office cow pie A Million Ways to Die in the West is on the chopping block!

It's not all doom and gloom, though, as Ian and Matt welcome new guests Rosa Zhang and Denitsa Kosharova to the roundtable--making for one lively discussion of a not-so-great film.

And if you're hungry for more aural KtS goodness, be sure to check out WDCB radio's The Arts Section this Sunday morning at 8--where Ian will discuss The Fault in Our Stars and The Sacrament with co-host Gary Zidek!

Ep59: TOMORROW Never Dies (in Our Hearts)

Ep57: X-MEN: Dave of Future Past