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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When it comes to any list of the greatest body horror movies ever made, one film stands above the rest.
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The WandaVision spin-off Agatha All Along is deliciously chaotic, whiplashing between prestige TV and kooky, campy goodness. Here's our review.
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Parasite director Bong Joo-ho is finally back with the trailer for Mickey 17, his darkly funny and trippy sci-fi flick starring Robert Pattinson.
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Brian Jordan Alvarez's English Teacher explores the generational divide between millennials and Gen Z, and it's the best new comedy of 2024.
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James Watkins, the director of Blumhouse's Speak No Evil remake, tells us why his version has such a different ending from the original 2022 movie.
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For James McAvoy, acting in the remake of Speak No Evil gave him a better understanding of how men are being radicalized online. Here's our interview with him.
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American remakes of foreign horror movies have a bad reputation, but here are eight of the best - including Speak No Evil.
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Boy Meets World actor Rider Strong said this season 3 episode of the show is by far the worst of the entire series. Is he right? We rewatched it to find out.
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The American remake of the shocking horror movie Speak No Evil ends up holding its own, finding new ways to engage with familiar material. Here's our review.
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More than 50 years ago, the late, great James Earl Jones was involved in a big Sesame Street moment.
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Think you know everything about Beetlejuice? We're willing to bet you didn't know this incredibly obscure piece of trivia involving a certain wrestling match.
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International bombshell actress Raquel Welch auditioned for a lead role on the classic TV sitcom Gilligan's Island – but not the one you might assume.
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Netflix's horny, irreverent cartoon series Big Mouth is an odd source of sex education, but for many young people it's their best available option.
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One of the stars of Superstore has a comedy special that is meta, introspective, sharp, and poignant, and it all starts with Marvel actor Scarlett Johansson.
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Leonard Nimoy is best known for playing Mr. Spock, but he gave plenty of vibrant performances outside of Star Trek. Here are the best of them.
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Incoming, the new Superbad-esque coming-of-age sex comedy on Netflix, corrects the worst part of John Hughes' teen movie classic Sixteen Candles.
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The new Netflix anime series Terminator Zero is largely set in 1997, but despite its period setting, the show taps into extremely modern fears.
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Terminator: Zero has a terrifying new robot assassin and gorgeous animation, but it's overly focused on set-up for something bigger.
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We spoke to some experts to see if the passengers in Bong Joon-ho's Snowpiercer could have actually survived on those disgusting protein bars.
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Zoë Kravitz's new thriller Blink Twice is prefaced with a trigger warning, which has caused some controversy over whether or not it's necessary.
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With his remake of The Killer, John Woo isn't trying to recapture his masterpiece but instead continuing a reappraisal of his own work. Here's our review.
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Because we continue to live in the most unserious timeline, Chick-fil-A is now launching a streaming app. (Call it Flick-fil-A, you cowards!)
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Alien: Romulus went back to basics with the Xenomorph (and a shocking new creature) played by real, extremely tall actors.
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Alien: Covenant is probably the most divisive Alien film, but there's one area in which Alien: Romulus readily improves upon it.
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The Alien franchise has always been for Certified Sickos, and a certain part of Alien: Romulus kicks things high gear.
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Director Ridley Scott's 2012 prequel Prometheus has a somewhat iffy reputation these days, but it's an absolutely essential entry in the Alien franchise.
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Gena Rowlands, the legendary star of A Woman Under the Influence, Gloria, and The Notebook has passed away at the age of 94.