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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.

"One Million" MORONS Boycott ONWARD!

"One Million" MORONS Boycott ONWARD!

Ian Simmons

A group of puritanical busybodies called "One Million Moms" is petitioning Disney/Pixar to yank their new film Onward, due its sinister "indoctrination" of youth into the LGBT lifestyle.

Ian calls for a boycott of the boycott and talks about why this particular case of bigotry is so misguided.

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The HUNT for Civility

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