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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.

Ep754: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987) - Movie Review

Ep754: A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 3: DREAM WARRIORS (1987) - Movie Review

Ian Simmons

Ian welcomes back ChicagoFilm's Lee Shoquist for a dreamy look back at A Nightmare on Elm Street 3!

Dream Warriors turned 35 this year, and the guys dive headfirst into Chuck Russell's groundbreaking horror fantasy, which finds a group of struggling teens squaring off against Freddy Krueger in a sleep clinic. More than three decades on,

film (co-written by future Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile director Frank Darabont) offers way more to think about than just imaginative nightmare sequences and the birth of "funny Freddy"! Watch as Ian and Lee reminisce about their early experiences with the series; examine the legacy of Wes Craven's heady horror as funneled through the ultimate teen angst metaphor; and try to pinpoint what's so unsettling about Patricia Arquette (who made her big-screen debut in Dream Warriors)!

Show Links

  • Watch the A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors trailer.

  • Check out Lee's newly revamped movie-review site, ChicagoFilm!

  • Listen to Ian and Lee discuss more films in the Elm Street series.

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Don't Read the Comments! 3/25/22

Don't Read the Comments! 3/25/22
Ep753: IndieSeen: BREAKTHROUGH WEEKEND (2014)

Ep753: IndieSeen: BREAKTHROUGH WEEKEND (2014)