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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Deadpool. Wolverine. Always you wrestle inside me. We saw some Deadpool & Wolverine footage at CinemaCon 2024!
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Time to throw a pizza party because the highly-anticipated horror sequel to Five Nights at Freddy's is coming in 2025.
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We saw the first footage from the Antoine Fuqua-directed Michael Jackson biopic Michael at CinemaCon and it was unnervingly accurate in terms of its visuals.
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I Saw the TV Glow might be the most important movie you see all year. Here's our review.
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In a Violent Nature, a slasher movie told from the point of view of the slasher, is like if Gus Van Sant directed a Friday the 13th sequel.
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Abigail, the vampire ballerina movie from Scream directors Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin could be the best horror movie of 2024.
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Here are the only major actors still alive from the classic children's film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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Rustic Films' Things Will Be Different is a perfect addition to their sci-fi universe. No wonder Marvel hired producers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead.
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The First Omen brings a new round of cursed scares to theaters, and with it comes composer Mark Korven's haunting score, which is getting a vinyl soundtrack.
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The horror prequel The First Omen is technically a Disney movie, and that's pretty shocking.
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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.