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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.

Ep70: Dames to Kill For!

We're doing things a little differently for episode 70: Ian sat down with two of the stars from Sin City: A Dame to Kill for, Patricia Vonne and Crystal McCahill, to talk about the latest big-screen adaptation of Frank Miller's hard-boiled comics series! You'll hear about their journeys to Sin City, what it's like to film an action movie in an airplane hangar, and find out what's next on the horizon!

If you're in the Chicagoland area this weekend, be sure to swing by Naperville's fabulous Hollywood Palms Cinema (where this interview took place) and meet Patricia, Crystal, and co-star Rosario Dawson!

Ep71: NOAH Time Like the Present / Bus Stop Rules

Ep69: LET'S BE Five-year Olds