MEDIA APPEARANCE: Guest on the Kicking the Seat's YouTube Channel Talking "Jay Kelly"

Ian Simmons of the Kicking the Seat podcast and YouTube channel kept finding his movie spins on Netflix this month with the awards season in full swing. Following up Train Dreams, he stepped into the Hollywood-adoring spotlight of Jay Kelly, the comedy on aged stardom from Marriage Story director Noah Baumbach. Thanks to some critic perks, I have been lucky to chase a few of the stars of Jay Kelly at a Netflix press junket last month. I bring those tales and my own fandom to Ian’s channel.

Media Appearance, Podcast, Social Media, SPECIAL, 2020Don ShanahanDecember 14, 2025AMC River East 21Kicking the Seat, Ian Simmons, Jay KellyComment

MOVIE REVIEW: Jay Kelly

Jay Kelly muses on the celebrity lifestyle without preening as a glorified vanity project solely existing to shower bouquets on George Clooney and give him a fun co-star he can shoot hoops with in between trailers on a lavish European shoot. Because of its striking amplification of the titular legend’s insecurities and the people affected by them, Baumbach’s film finds refreshing drama amid all the comedic frolic of watching a famous person navigate a little bit of the public wild to better define a work-life balance.