BJ Colangelo
Location
Los Angeles, California
School
Western Illinois University
Expertise
Cult Cinema, Coming-of-Age Teen Girl Movies, Adult Animation
- BJ is an award-winning filmmaker known for her shorts "Labrys," "Margaret," her feature film "Powerbomb," and her contribution to the anthology film "Deathcember."
- She was a panelist for the San Diego Comic-Con "Queer Fear" legacy panel in 2019, El Rey Network's 'Top 5,' in 2020, and featured in the "Queer for Fear" docuseries on Shudder from Bryan Fuller in 2022.
- BJ is a voting member of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.
Experience
BJ Colangelo is the Lead Evening News Editor at /Film, meaning her years of training her brain to stay up late watching movies have finally paid off. BJ has been writing professionally about film for over a decade, having been published everywhere from Fangoria Magazine, Playboy.com, Autostraddle, Vulture, The Daily Dot, and Shudder. BJ has contributed to the books "Creepy B****es," "When Animals Attack!," "Hidden Horror 101," "Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children," and the upcoming "Haunted Reels" from Dark Matter Ink and "Sleepaway Camp" from DieDieBooks. She also co-hosts the popular podcast, "This Ends at Prom," with her wife Harmony, during which they analyze movies marketed to teen girl audiences from the cis and transgender lens. She often serves as a jury member for film festivals specializing in horror or queer cinema.
Education
BJ Colangelo has a B.A. in Theatre from Western Illinois University with a minor in English Literature with an emphasis on film theory.
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Stories By BJ Colangelo
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The First Omen co-writer/director Arkasha Stevenson and co-writer Tim Smith tell us about putting a feminine spin on a masculine horror franchise.
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Cuckoo is a bonkers, bloody rollercoaster of terrorizing sound design and dynamic performances.
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The prequel The First Omen connects directly to the original horror classic The Omen. Here's how.
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Reacher star Alan Ritchson recently got candid about living with mental illness, which could prove to be life-saving for other people.
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The spice (and the money) will continue to flow, now that Legendary is officially bringing Denis Villeneuve back to direct a third Dune movie.
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NECA is bringing a life-size Model 3 Generative Android, or M3GAN, into your home, but thankfully without all the AI that would turn her into a murderous doll.
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These are the 10 best Will Smith movies ranked, focusing on the actor's charisma and his best performances.
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Vera Drew's The People's Joker is a deeply personal and delightfully absurd attack of visual potpourri. Here's our review.
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Chance Perdomo, who played Ambrose in Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and Andre in Gen V, has died following a motorcycle accident at the age of 27.
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The First Omen's director had a 'long battle' with the MPA to avoid an NC-17 for reasons that had nothing to do with the horror prequel's blood or guts.
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The most shocking scene in the Sydney Sweeney horror movie Immaculate was done on the first take without rehearsal.
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New technology featured in a key Phoebe scene in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire lays the groundwork for adventures in the spirit world.
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Look, we love the OG Ghostbusters cast, but Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire proves it's time for them to allow the new heroes to take full control of the franchise.
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Wondering if the new Ghostbusters movie Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire has a credits scene? We're here to give you the spoiler-free answer.
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X-Men '97 episode 2 sees the X-Men crossing paths with X-Cutioner, a Marvel Comics character who could pose a major threat to the show's heroes.
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Adventure Time survived far longer than most Cartoon Network shows, and the love for the show meant its season 10 ending had to be carefully handled.
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A whole lot happened on X-Men: The Animated Series. Here's what you need to remember heading into the revival show, X-Men '97.
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If you're a fan of Funko POPs and Emerald Fennell's purposefully provocative 2023 film Saltburn, this is the post for you.
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Let's throw out our maps, completely ignore our GPS, recklessly disregard any notions of sticking to the major highways, and rank the Wrong Turn movies.
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Remember Quibi? One of its most interesting horror shows, The Stranger, has been re-edited into a feature length film that will soon be streaming on Hulu.
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You may not expect the Oscars to be the place to quote a raunchy 2008 comedy, but Sam Rockwell did just that right before Robert Downey Jr. won.
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In the early days, Toonami operated on the knife's edge of cancellation. Then it was saved by Sailor Moon, Gundam Wing, and Dragon Ball Z.
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The Dirty Dancing crawl scene is one of the greatest examples of on-screen chemistry ever captured. It was also completely improvised.
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Cartoon Network shocked the world when it killed off Toonami's original TOM, but the character's death was equal parts capitalism and creativity.
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It's time for filmmakers to start planning how to help make Millie Bobby Brown the movie star she was destined to become after Stranger Things wraps up.
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In honor of Love Lies Bleeding, here's a ranking of the best movies about women who have gotten to a size that demands all who look upon them tremble in awe.
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While Damsel is a bit predictable, Millie Bobby Brown is such a captivating lead that you can't wait to watch her survive.
