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.
Yep, we're back again already--this time with a roundtable discussion of Neil Blomkamp's would-be sci-fi allegory, Elysium! Best yet, Graham actually saw the movie!
Tune in for a hard-hitting look at actors acting versus directors directing actors (it'll all make sense soon); the fallibility of interplanetary security systems; and whether or not Matt Damon's stupid metal suit was necessary or just something cool to put on the poster.
Plus: utensils strike back!
