profile pic ian.jpg

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 NoéRachel BrosnahanAmy 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.

Ep227: Females are Strong as Hell!

This week, the Kicking the Seat Podcast reunites with a super-team of critics to discuss Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman! Joining Ian on the mic are David Fowlie of Keeping it Reel, Emmanuel Noisette of Eman's Movie Reviews, and Don Shanahan of Every Movie Has a Lesson (and the new YouTube series, Movie Classroom)!

One of the guys has some real problems with the film (guess who?), and this spoiler-filled intervention of an episode dives deep into what separates the latest chapter in the troubled DECU from its predecessors; what audiences may take from the experience of seeing the "first" leading-lady comic-book hero on the big screen; and whether or not The Rock is capable of establishing and carrying a movie franchise (sorry, there's some Baywatch crossover at the beginning of the chat).

Episode 227's invisible plane may be in the shop, but this conversation soars!

You can keep up with the latest seat-kicking goodness by following, liking, rating, and subscribing to us on TwitterFacebookiTunes, and Stitcher!

Ep228: Duking it Out

Ep226: My Kinda Film Festival