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.
Ian and Cole say "ciao" to 2020 with a special 25th anniversary "Late Screening" of Martin Scorsese’s Casino!
Watch as one of these wiseguys makes a case for this film being better than Goodfellas, while the other decries the whole mob-movie genre as becoming as burdensome as cement shoes!
Show Links:
Watch the Casino trailer.
Listen to Ian and Cole talk about Goodfellas.
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