Alex Riviello
NYC native who lives with his wife in Astoria, Queens. Has written about film for five years for dozens of websites before finally settling down at Chud.com. Also freelances for various websites and publications, including Fangoria. Email him here 
Blogs by this Author
Nerf Warfare
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 03/31/2008
A few nights ago I went over my future inlaws' apartment for dinner. I'd heard rumors that the couple had gotten a few Nerf guns a little while back, but didn't think much of it. Till they pulled them...
The Atlantis Interceptors, or; What the Hell Did I Just Watch?
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 03/24/2008
So I just got done watching a grindhouse flick with a friend. For my birthday a few months ago the guy bought me one of those cheapo Grindhouse movie sets, you know- one of those dvd sets that boasts ...
Human Giant
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 03/17/2008
Good lord is this show funny. I'd heard about it before, checked out a clip or two and chuckled, but never really sat down and watched it. Thanks to a friend who's now working for it behind the scenes...
Pata pata pata pon
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 03/3/2008
I'm trying to finish a half dozen articles right now but the drums keep pounding in my head. They don't stop... banging over and over, in 4/4 time....One
good thing about my 360 breaking down and bei...
Things not to say to the cops, #2,165
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 02/29/2008
I was driving home through Harlem after catching a late screening of The Signal with a friend yesterday (a bit of a mess of a movie, with some great moments...) when we hear the familiar whoop whoop a...
Eddie Loves You
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 02/28/2008
Read this here. And download the film here.I know I'm plugging the hell out of this, and I don't care. It really is one of my favorite films of the last few years, and never gets old not matter how ma...
Fightin' Rats.
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 02/25/2008
People on the CHUD messageboards already know about my pet rats. Sacco and Vanzetti ended up being great pets, some of the friendliest creatures I've had the pleasure of owning. They're pretty smart a...
Today, I saw Leviathan.
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 02/22/2008
By Leviathan, I mean this-Reference.And I'm not talking about the film. I saw Him in real life, in all His pure, unpainted, pointy glory. He was in a deli. I attempted to have a conversation with the ...
Too hot for the internet!
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 02/20/2008
Those of you who read my travelogue about the Community Day I attended might realize the third page looks a little different right now. In the interests of keeping things cool with my contacts there s...
Army of Two
- By Alex Riviello
- Published 02/15/2008
Played this today- it's pretty damn fun. The co-op aspect really does change things a helluva lot from other shooters. I didn't try the single player, but I can't see the complaints some people s...
