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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 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.

Ep94: Vin Number

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It's all about family this week, as HollywoodChicago.com's Adam Fendelman joins Ian and Graham to discuss Furious 7! One likes it. One doesn't. One hasn't seen a Fast and Furious flick since part four! Who will win this white-knuckle street race of ideas? You, dear listener...you.

Also, Ian talks up the latest KtS Contest, teases Thursday's big Chicago Critics Film Festival announcement, and remembers a slew of horror-movie celebrities who passed this week. The KtS Podcast kicks into high gear with Episode 94!

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Ep95: We Knew Gabriel Pasternak, Too!

Ep93: Baking Bond w/ Jeremy Eden and Kaitlin Fleharty!