After Lunch

Pax, Rob, and Michael talk about autograph collecting,  Thunderbolts* , podcast wives, the podcast  Heist with Michael Caine , the  Goldie Vance  graphic novels by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams, and more Sherlock Holmes. And Michael's son David stops by to talk about the  One Piece manga and other things.

To celebrate the conclusion of our massive James Bond project, our panelists Michael, Rob, and Karen welcome fellow Bond fans Becky Tyler, Jacob Bean-Watson, and Jody Collins for a fun game, reviewing our favorite elements of the series. We draft our favorite Bond actors, villains, gadgets, and features from a dozen other categories to create our own inter-era Bond mash-up films. We laughed, we ga...

Michael, Rob, and Pax get back in the cars to talk about the return of the  Fast and Furious  family as they try to rescue an amnesic Letty from the machinations of supervillain Owen Shaw (Luke Evans).

Michael, Rob, and Karen finish (for now) their James Bond movie project with the final Daniel Craig  and  the final Eon Productions entry in the series. It's No  Time to Die , also starring Léa Seydoux, Rami Malek, Lashana Lynch, Jeffrey Wright, Ana de Armas, and the usual cast of allies.

Michael and Jess talk about the comics  Fangs  by Sarah Andersen and  Rachel Rising: The Shadow of Death  by Terry Moore.

Michael, Pax, and Rob finish this month's Lounge talking about an Irene Adler novel,  Kraven the Hunter  (2024),  Anora  (2024),  Black Doves  (2024),  Young Guns autographs, and the scariest things to crawl on you and/or haunt your house.

In the first half of this month's Lounge, Michael, Pax, and Rob are visited by Noel Thingvall. Topics include pets, death, Kraven the Hunter comics, Sherlock Holmes stories,  Kamen Rider , X-Men comics, old  Nerd Lunch  episodes, Peter Dinklage as Hercule Poirot, and Ruth Ware's  One Perfect Couple .

Following up on our C2E2 conversation about things that could be improved by monkeys, robots, or Michael Caine, please enjoy this special rerun of the first time that topic appeared on the  Atomic Geeks  podcast. With special thanks to Carlin Trammel for the idea and Christian Nielsen for the audio and permission.

You don't put Christian Nielsen, Michael DiGiovanni, Carlin Trammel, Shawn Robare, William Bruce West, Rob Graham, Michael May, Jeeg, and Paxton Holley in a room together and not record a podcast. While at C2E2, the group (minus Jeff Somogyi who sadly was not feeling well that evening) gathered in Christian and DiGio's hotel room to revive the classic  Atomic Geeks topic: "Monkey, Robot, Michael C...

In 2015, the  Nerd Lunch  crew met up with most of the  Atomic Geeks  and assorted members of the Fourth Chair Army at C2E2 in Chicago . Ten years later, it's time to get together again with even more friends. The group this time included Carlin Trammel, William Bruce West, Jeeg, Paxton Holley, Jeff Somogyi, Shawn Robare, Michael May, Rob Graham, Christian Nielsen, and Michael DiGiovanni. In this...

Michael and Rob invite Michael DiGiovanni, Christian Nielsen, and Paxton Holley to help cast an imaginary remake of Silverado . Each of our five casting directors have scoured Hollywood for the perfect actors to update the roles of Emmett, Paden, Mal, Jake, Rae, and Cobb, plus other characters we wanted to think about. We've brought our top candidates to the conference room to make final decisions...

Michael, Rob, and Karen discuss the penultimate Craig Bond film, Sam Mendes's  Spectre , co-starring Léa Seydoux, Christoph Waltz, Andrew Scott, and Dave Bautista.

Rob, Michael, and Pax wrap up this month's Lounge talking about  The Lost Adventures of James Bond , Mothra, podcasts,  Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Treason ,  Snow White (2025), and finding a Holy Grail.

Rob, Michael, and Pax talk about many things including  The Electric State  (2025), Sherlock Holmes, Space Ghost comics, "every second counts," '70s JSA comics, and  Companion (2025).

Inspired by the 2001 sitcom  Emeril , Michael, Rob, Carlin Trammel, and Tim Lybarger assign each other similarly unlikely celebrities to build sitcoms around. Get ready for pitches for shows starring Bob Ross, The Cure's Robert Smith, Willie Nelson, and Theresa Caputo so that you can decide... would  you watch this show?

Michael and Jess talk about the comics  "Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?"  by Harold Schechter and Eric Powell and  The Ring, Volume 1 by Hiroshi Takahashi and Misao Inagaki.

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! We're celebrating with that most Irish of superheroes: The Green Hornet! Michael, Rob, and Pax watch and talk about the 1940 serial starring Gordon Jones and Keye Luke.

Pax, Rob, and Michael finish this month's Lounge talking about the  Star Wars Holiday Special , C aptain America: Brave New World , the  Star Wars: Clone Wars  /  Revenge of the Sith  viewing order,  Harry Potter and the Cursed Child ,  Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man , Daisy Ridley in  Cleaner (2025), and more.

Pax, Rob, and Michael talk about many things including Universal Studios Florida, Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge, the  Siskoid Cinema Battles  podcast episode about Bond Girls, Anya Taylor-Joy and Miles Teller's new movie  The Gorge , a comic called  Major Holmes and Captain Watson , and the niftiness of subscription services like Marvel Unlimited and DC Universe Infinite Ultra Extreme Radical Far-Out S...

Continuing a year of horror comics, Michael and Jess talk about Richard Sala's  Cat Burglar Black  and Junji Ito's cat diary,  Yon & Mu .

Michael, Rob, and Karen are halfway through the Daniel Craig era as we talk about the series-changing film  Skyfall by Sam Mendes.

Michael, Pax, and Noel Thingvall talk about our favorite movies from ten years ago. 2015 was a great year for blockbusters, but a lot of smaller films made our lists as well. We also talk about some stinkers and honorable mentions.

Michael, Rob, and Pax talk about  Fast Five , basically the  Avengers  of the  Fast and Furious  series in which characters from all the previous films team up to pull off a heist while avoiding capture by The Rock. This is where the series becomes The Series and we're excited to finally be here.

Michael, Rob, and Karen return for a look at the first direct sequel in the Bond series: Marc Forster's  Quantum of Solace . While the Bond films have always been nominal sequels to each other,  Quantum of Solace  closely continues Bond's story begun in  Casino Royale . Bond fans had never seen anything like it and not everyone appreciated the new experience. We talk about that and editing and vil...

Kay, Robert Zerbe, Pax, and Michael look back at their favorite movies, shows, and books of 2024, check in on their pop culture predictions and resolutions from the year, and make new ones for 2025.