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.

Passengers

The film follows two passengers on an interstellar spaceship, the Avalon , which is carrying thousands of people to a distant colony. They wake up from suspended hibernation 90 years too early and fall in love while navigating their isolating, potentially fatal situation.

The film features notable visual effects, particularly in the design of the Avalon starship and a memorable zero-gravity swimming pool scene. Passengers

Passengers (2016) is a American science fiction romance film starring and Chris Pratt , directed by Morten Tyldum. Key Aspects of the Film: The film follows two passengers on an interstellar