Or: What The Hell Does That Name Mean Anyways?
The 22nd James Bond movie is here!
Daniel Craig makes his second entry into his new reboot of the best known spy franchise with what appears to be a first for Bond; a direct sequel. Most of 007's adventures are fairly stand alone with little or no reference to previous films. Will this new avenue be as ingenious as Casino Royale turned out to be or will the temerity of too many changes be to it's detriment?

There is much to expect from this movie. Casino Royale left out all of Bond's gadgets and in fact Q, the creative quartermaster himself. We have yet to see Moneypenny. Will the allusions to Connery's old nemesis S.P.E.C.T.R.E. at the end of Casino be fully realized in this film? Will the movie just simply be as bad as the new theme song we've all been listening to with bleeding ears?

We sit down to chew on this new Bond entry and decide whether it's worthy of great praise or if we'll just chew it a new one. We'll cover the Bond staples of gadgets, girls and baddies, etc... before just looking at the movie as an action film in it's own right. Even if it turns out to be a crappy Bond, how would non-James Bond fans like it? So many people will be heading off to the theaters this Christmas and watching Quantum of Solace simply because it's the big action movie on the block and we settle up on whether or not this is a good action movie sans 007.

Then log in and check out the bonus features below as we review the new Star Trek trailer that previewed before Quantum of Solace!

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Average: 4.5

37:14 minutes (17.05 MB)

Or: Asian Persuasion in Full Effect!
After Fast and the Furious 3: Tokyo Drift, director Justin Lin looked at his options and opted for an unconventional choice for his next project, a smaller film a mocumentary if you will... Finishing the Game!

The concept is golden; after Bruce Lee dies, he leaves behind about fifteen minutes of footage for his next project, Game of Death. With Enter the Dragon being such a huge success, the producers rush to find a new actor to finish the movie.

This movie is one of the gems you'd only buy if you knew about it, so listen to the review, decide if it's for you, buy it, love it and recommend it!

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Average: 4.5

41:32 minutes (19.02 MB)

Or: Digging Up the Dirt on A Distant Soil!

For years, Colleen Doran has been working in the comics industry, putting her mark on comics and permeating every level with great success. Whether it's her work on seminal runs of Sandman, or main stream work with characters like Spiderman or in the independent market with her creator owned series, A Distant Soil, Colleen has pretty much done it all.

A Vertigo icon, she has worked with so many talented writers. Fighting for their spots on the long list are names like Neil Gaiman, J. Michael Straczynski, Clive Barker and Warren Ellis!


During a sit down with Colleen, Mike and Jonny try to glean some wisdom from her many years of experience. This could mean anything, from the current crisis for inkers to the hardships of independent publishing to simply farming the land! You heard right! Farming the land!


Colleen has a few new exciting projects coming up on the horizon as well. Following their team up on Orbiter, she and Warren Ellis has something brewing called Stealth Tribes. There are new issues of A Distant Soil on the way as well as a mystery project that isn't saying too much about yet!

You won't want to miss out on this new and exciting episode of A3U Podcast!

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Average: 4.5

51:53 minutes (23.75 MB)

Or: John Woo's Red Review!
With John Woo's newest movie coming to screens this January, the A3U crew decided it needed to be discussed. This is first time Woo has directed a Chinese movie since Hard Boiled and everyone's wondering if he still has the chops.

With an all star cast and the biggest budget for a film China has ever seen, will this Three Kingdoms style sword epic pay off? Recent years have seen some staggering competition with movies like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Hero and Jet Li's Fearless, you have to wonder whether Red Cliff will be the next Crouching Tiger or Forbidden Kingdom.

From rumors and speculation on casting and the final execution, get plugged in with A3U to find out whether or not Red Cliff is going to be the legend it could be or the mess it might be.

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Average: 4

43:16 minutes (19.81 MB)

Or: IDW's Editor In Chief Unedited!
Jonny managed to catch up with IDW's publisher and editor in Chief Chris Ryall to talk comics and Transformers and find out what else IDW has been up to.

IDW has been known for the last number of years primarily for publishing the Transformers comics after Dreamwave went bankrupt. Since then they've spawned a number of successful books, the biggest being their relaunch of the G1 characters in a series of books starting with Infiltration. The books have since continued with Stormbringer, Escalation, Devastation, a number of Spotlight Volumes that also tie in and the upcoming Revelation. They've also started to reprint all of the older Marvel Transformer comics from the 80's into trades and various miniseries of the old UK stuff. And as if that wasn't enough, they'll be dipping into the old Dreamwave archives to reprint the Armada series for the first time ever. All of that and we haven't even touched on the movie tie ins!

They are also the house that brought up Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith and a cadre of horror comics like 30 Days of Night. As the years have gone on, IDW continues to add to their arsenal with more franchises like Doctor Who, Angel: After the Fall, Star Trek and most recently Ghostbusters while at the same time spreading their wings to diversify into other formats such a their children's imprint, "Worthwhile Books" and coffee table books like Stephen Romano's "Shock Festival".

During our sit down, I ask Chris all the important questions, what projects are coming up for them, how closely the movie books will adhere to continuity and the all important question - what the heck does an editor in chief do anyway? So strap in for a quick twenty minute journey into the Idea and Design Work factory. Are you listening?

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Average: 2.5

23:36 minutes (10.8 MB)