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.
This episode is all kinds of jacked-up, and I'm not even talking about the subject matter!
As me, Matt, and Graham continue our march towards silly-season at the movies (which kicks off with next week's Iron Man 3), we wax psychotic about 2008's biggest summer flops: Meet Dave, The Love Guru, The Happening, and Speed Racer.
Oh, and my life-and-death struggle with technology rages on. Yay!
