Joseph Oliveto

Joseph Oliveto is a freelance writer and Executive Editor of Evilchili.com. If you would like to contact him for freelance work, please send an e-mail to joliveto87@gmail.com.

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Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 Episode 12: To the Lost - TV Review

Published December 12th, 2011 by Joseph Oliveto

Boardwalk Empire - To the Lost - Gretchen Mol, Jack Huston

"Boardwalk Empire" closes its second season with a shocker that we honestly didn't see coming. While the episode makes too obvious an effort to tie up certain loose ends, the power of the moments that did work makes up for any of the minor problems that made their way into the...

Modern Family: Season 3, Episode 10: Express Christmas - TV Review

Published December 8th, 2011 by Joseph Oliveto

Modern Family - Express Christmas - Cast

"Modern Family" returns with the obligatory Christmas episode, but thankfully, unlike so many other family-centric sitcoms, it doesn't come off as some kind of PSA. The humor is strong, all the characters are in play, and the episode, overall, is a success. Read our review to...

Boardwalk Empire: Season 2 Episode 11: Under God's Power She Flourishes -...

Published December 5th, 2011 by Joseph Oliveto

Boardwalk Empire - Under God's Power She Flourishes - Gretchen Mol, Jack Huston

Sex, betrayal, murder. They are often the keys to any great gangster epic, and with a heaping dose of all of them mixed into this week's episode of "Boardwalk Empire," you can be sure that we were hooked. Thankfully, unlike a soap opera, which loses its appeal once we turn off...

House: Season 8, Episode 8: Perils of Paranoia - TV Review

Published November 30th, 2011 by Joseph Oliveto

House's season eight stumbles a bit after something of a hot streak of solid episodes, with "Perils of Paranoia" falling into the perils of clichéd screenwriting and increasingly familiar motifs from episodes of the past. Still, mediocre House is better than no...