Monthly Archive:: November 2018

Win Free Tickets to See Robin Hood on November 19!

Robin Hood officially opens November 21, 2018, but you could you could see it early and for free! We’re giving away two specially reserved seats at a screening of the film happening at 7:00 p.m. on Monday, November 19, at the AMC Southdale theater.To enter:Like the Twin Cities Geek Facebook page…

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Takes a Topical Look into the Wizarding World

Fantastic Beasts is proving to be the grown-up sibling of the Harry Potter series. Both tales feature dastardly deeds done by dark wizards with similar wizard-supremacy belief structures, but where Voldemort’s evil was simplistic, Grindelwald brings the danger of a seductive and occasionally…

Ralph Breaks the Internet Is a Minor Upgrade

The return to the video-game world of Wreck-It Ralph certainly expands on the already imaginative playground of arcade game characters. While the first film certainly had an intelligent charm, I still felt there was untapped potential for an adventure that deserved more than an onslaught of puns.…

Comics I’m Picking Up the Week of November 14, 2018

Here are the new books I’m looking forward to seeing at my local comic store the week of November 14, 2018.Bitter Root Publisher: Image Words/Story: David Walker, Chuck Brown Art/Colors: Sanford Green “In the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance is in full swing, and only the Sangerye Family can…

Win 1 of 3 Overlord Movie Prize Packs!

With only hours until D-Day, a team of American paratroopers drop into Nazi-occupied France to carry out a mission that’s crucial to the invasion’s success. Tasked with destroying a radio transmitter atop a fortified church, the desperate soldiers join forces with a young French villager…

Origin Is the Sci-Fi Series That Might Make You Get YouTube Premium

I recently had the chance to screen the first two episodes of YouTube Premium’s new series, Origin, premiering on November 14, 2018. With producers from Lost and The Crown and some recognizable actors, I figured that the show at least had some credibility behind it. The premise? “A group of strangers…

Yuri!!! on Ice Is a Delightful Anime That Will Leave You Wanting More

It’s always an unpredictable experience jumping into a mainstream anime series you’ve heard a lot about. By the time you sit down to watch it, you’ve probably heard so much about it that it’s hard to know what to expect, or even to be able to predict whether you’re likely…

This Week in Geek (11/12/18–11/18/18)

Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, November 12th to Sunday, November 18th. Creative Night What: Arts, Community When: Monday, November 12th at 6:30 p.m. Where: Event Horizon at the Waterbury Building Let your creativity…

Overlord Reanimates a Dead Genre

If you told me a year ago that I would be walking through the rain to see a late-night screening of a World War II zombie movie, I would scoffed and gone back to researching New Zealand immigration laws. Things change, of course, and the great thing about movies is that all it takes is one or two totally solid…

The 2018 Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive Is Here!

It’s that time of year again, geeks! Last year’s Twin Cities Geek Holiday Toy & Book Drive was a huge success—we set a new record by collecting over 4,900 donations of games, toys, books, and other items for deserving recipients! This year, with even more great donation locations on…