Remote App 3.0 Movie Playlist

Recently upgraded to Remote App 3.0, along with an ATV upgrade. Glad to see the WiFi issues have been cleared up. new problem however is that Movie Playlists will not start the movie.
Scenario is:
Load Remote App 3.0
Connect to "Office" Apple TV
Select "Media Server" from Home Share
I do no select any specific category, and I am presented with all my Playlists
Select Movie from any playlist (Smart or no) the movie will not start
Anyone else running in to this problem.
If I look under specificly the "Movies" section in the Home Share, the only options I have are Unwatched, All Movies and Generes.
When using the navigation controls and having the AppleTV it self view the play lists (after enabling the option to see Playlists in all areas) I am able to use the Smart Playlists I have been able to use. This would isolate the issue to Remote App 3.0
The question is, why won't the latest Remote App start a movie from a playlist?

Issue confirmed.
Resolved with remote update 3.0.1

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