Alex Riviello
Expertise
"Preacher", "Silicon Valley", "Legion"
- Alex once penned a detailed breakdown of every geeky pop culture reference in a trailer for "Ready Player One."
- His expertise in the horror movie industry led to an article exploring George Lucas' unexpected involvement in the first jump scare in video games.
- He crafted a compelling review of the legendary anime film "Perfect Blue," encouraging fans to experience it on the big screen.
Experience
Alex worked as a correspondent and film reviewer for Empire Movies from August 2003 to March of 2006. In 2005, he became the editor-in-chief of horror movie website Creature-Corner, a position he held until January of 2008. Later that same year, he became a freelance writer for Fangoria Magazine. Throughout his career, he has also contributed articles at Town Square Media, JoBlo, PCMag, and a variety of other websites, including /Film.
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Stories By Alex Riviello
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With the Perfect Blue re-release happening this week, here are five reasons you should go out of your way to see this masterpiece.
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In our Altered Carbon guide, we offer some useful background info and a handy glossary so you can better navigate Netflix's complex new sci-fi show.
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In our The Road Movie review, we examine how this film is more than just another YouTube compilation of Russian dashcam footage.
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The next Steven Spielberg blockbuster features a ton of pop culture easter eggs and we try to find all of them in our Ready Player One trailer breakdown.
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This is Real is an immersive horror experience in New York City where you escape from a psychopath's lair...and here's how one writer got through it.
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AMC's adaptation of the acclaimed comic series truly found its voice this season and we look back (and ahead) in our Preacher season finale review.
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In our Preacher On Your Knees review, we run through an episode packed with violence and scares and big revelations, setting up the season finale.
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In our Preacher Dirty Little Secret review, we take a look at the series' most blasphemous subplot yet and how it compares to the original comic.
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How did one of the most common tropes in horror come into being? We explore the history of the jump scare scare, from silent classics to James Wan.
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In our Preacher Puzzle Pieces review, we discuss just how weird and impressive Preacher has gotten in its ambitious second season.
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Season 2 has been been a series of peaks and valleys and as we discuss in our Preacher Holes review, this is very much a valley episode.
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The second season of AMC's comic book adaptation keeps on finding its groove, as we explore in our Preacher Pig review.
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We visited The Jim Henson Exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City and returned with a guided tour...and lots of photos.
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From the Fantasia Film Festival, here's our Lowlife review, a surreal and often funny crime story about various intersecting criminals.
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In our Preacher Sokosha review, we make the case for this being the strongest episode of the series to date.
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In our latest Preacher review, we take a look at how the newest episode of the AMC series differs from its Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon comic source material.
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Sentient apes? Aliens? Mutants? Radioactive marauders? The movies have taught us how to survive it all and we're here to share it all with you.
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As we explore in our Preacher Viktor review, AMC's adaptation of the comic series went far off the reservation this week.
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It's a low bar, but Netflix's take on the classic game series may be the best video game adaptation ever, as we explore in our Castlevania spoiler review.
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If you have a virtual reality headset and want a different kind of experience, here are a dozen VR documentaries you should check out.
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In our Preacher Damsels review, we take a look at the biggest changes AMC's series makes from the original '90s comic book series.
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To celebrate the release of Baby Driver and the career of Edgar Wright, we explore the many video game references in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.
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If you want more from the late, great animated series, the newly released Futurama mobile game may scratch that itch for you.
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With the fourth season coming to a close, here's our Silicon Valley season finale review, along with our thoughts on the season as a whole.
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With Baby Driver hitting theaters this week, let's dive into some Edgar Wright trivia and learn all about one of the modern greats.
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In the penultimate episode of the season, the Pied Piper gang is in a jam. We explore the most awkward moments in our Silicon Valley Hooli-Con review.
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Silicon Valley keeps on almost taking its characters to a new place, but always backtracks to the status quo, as we explore in our The Keenan Vortex review.