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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Exclusives
By BJ Colangelo
While filming a scene in the Fallout season 2 premiere, Walton Goggins knew all the Ghoulheads out there would be thrilled with what they were doing.
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Horror Shows
By BJ Colangelo
Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney is no 'overnight success,' having done some of his earliest acting on this landmark '90s kids' horror series.
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Cartoon Shows
By BJ Colangelo
Vivienne 'VivziePop' Medrano, the creator of Hazbin Hotel, shares some hints about the top secret actor they've cast as Lilith for season 3.
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Horror Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Influencers, now streaming on Shudder, is captivating from start to finish, doubling-down on everything that made the first movie compelling.
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Drama Shows
By BJ Colangelo
The fourth episode of Heated Rivalry includes a needle-drop that evokes queer longing and desire like none other, and viewers are still reeling from it.
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Comedy Shows
By BJ Colangelo
After several seasons on Saturday Night Live, Sarah Sherman is ready to truly wig audiences out with her incredible 2025 comedy streaming special on HBO Max.
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Horror Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Five Nights at Freddy's 2 is a disappointing mess, and there's a very clear reason why things turned out the way they did.
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Drama Shows
By BJ Colangelo
The hit Canadian series Heated Rivalry is a breath of fresh air in a streaming landscape actively suffocating its audiences.
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Movie Reviews
By BJ Colangelo
Incredible animatronics and well-placed jump scares can't save Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, which plays like a movie written by Reddit fan theories.
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Comedy Shows
By BJ Colangelo
10 years ago, I laughed so hard at an episode of Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson's Broad City that it put me in the hospital.
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Drama Shows
By BJ Colangelo
HBO Max subscribers are practically foaming at the mouth for the next episode of this queer, smutty hockey romance book series turned TV show.
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Animation Movies
By BJ Colangelo
If you look closely, you'll see dozens of easter eggs throughout Disney's Zootopia 2. But we have to talk about the two most overt homages/visual gags.
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Animation Movies
By BJ Colangelo
According to two of Zootopia 2's stars, the new Disney sequel represents what the House of Mouse does best in terms of filmmaking.
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Animation Movies
By BJ Colangelo
While Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps are a lightning-in-a-bottle duo, Zootopia 2 introduces a whole crop of new characters that can help expand Disney's franchise.
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Movie Reviews
By BJ Colangelo
Zootopia 2 is the rare example of a follow-up film that can live up to the high bar set by the first movie. Here's our review.
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Fantasy Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Structural imbalances in Hollywood produce systemic disadvantages for women-led or women-directed projects, with Wicked: For Good being just the latest example.
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Movie Reviews
By BJ Colangelo
While not as successful as the first film, Wicked: For Good remedies many of the musical's second act shortcomings through emotional power. Here's our review.
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Animation Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Netflix's animated family film In Your Dreams is absolutely cooking when it comes to its needle drops. Prepare yourself for some of the best of the entire year.
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Animation Movies
By BJ Colangelo
The animated film In Your Dreams feels like it takes lessons from early Pixar movies by balancing jokes with heavier themes than you might expect.
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Movie News
By BJ Colangelo
Gore Verbinski is back and he's taking on the AI apocalypse with Sam Rockwell in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. Watch the trailer here.
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Predator: Badlands is here to encourage us to put an end to cycles of toxic thinking at the source — it's time to fight our dads.
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Comedy Movies
By BJ Colangelo
These '70s movies were either box office hits or showered with awards in their time, yet they've since fallen out of relevance with mainstream pop culture.
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Drama Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Nia DaCosta's Hedda was dumped on Prime Video with little fanfare, but this fiery adaptation of Ibsen's classic play absolutely deserves your attention.
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Horror Shows
By BJ Colangelo
Five years before M. Night Shyamalan blew our minds with the twist at the end of The Sixth Sense, Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? used the same twist.
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Cartoon Shows
By BJ Colangelo
Fans frequently take to Reddit to offer Hazbin Hotel story suggestions, but don't expect the writers to actually use them.
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Horror Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Wes Craven's Vampire in Brooklyn, starring Eddie Murphy, is one of the most fascinating films of both of their careers. Check it out on Paramount+.
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Horror Movies
By BJ Colangelo
Black Phone 2 and Final Destination Bloodlines are about as different as horror movies get, but they're united by the crucial presence of rising star Anna Lore.
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