![]() ![]() ![]() Cooney emphasizes the importance of queer representation in horror but gets lost in the power of anti-bullying agendas. Cooney and Nateras wink at the audience with audible and visual nods to high school cinema royalty from the Grease series to Wes Craven’s Woodsboro massacres - but don’t faithfully maintain their own slasher architecture. ![]() Classroom banter or hallway goof-offs can feel as forced as out-loud references to the Scream series, but the trio of Javier, Bianca, and Will strive to elevate a malnourished slasher.ĭeparting Seniors dwells on the dramatic entanglement of Javier’s hallucinations, queerphobia, and general teenage dilemmas, sometimes forgetting to be a slasher. Ryan Foreman also deserves a brief spotlight as Will, Javier’s shy band-geek love interest, for igniting sparks in his interactions with Diaz-Silverio’s confidently open protagonist. Where surrounding castmates read like bland caricatures, Javier and Bianca could hold their own in Mean Girls or Clueless. Ignacio Diaz-Silverio and Ireon Roach are the standout stars of Departing Seniors, bonded by their mutual disdain for Springhurst’s embarrassingly primitive population. It’s a bizarre ability that should make his last few days in Springhurst a little more interesting, especially when lifeless student bodies pile up. Unfortunately, when Bianca isn’t around after school, Javier is bullied into falling down a staircase and smacking his head - which unlocks psychic powers that can see people’s pasts and futures when instigated by physical touch. Javier’s bestie Bianca ( Ireon Roach) is his rock, willing to beat an athlete bloody if they utter a single insult. He’s gay, he’s Mexican-American, and he’s surrounded by small-minded jocks who mock anything outside their suburban status quo. It’s seven days until graduation at Springhurst High, and Javier ( Ignacio Diaz-Silverio) is just trying to survive until college. Director Clare Cooney’s feature debut is more competent than confident, relying on select performances and cheeky metatextual callbacks to overcompensate for a less successful balancing of subgenres. It’s refreshingly genuine in terms of treating queer relationships with normalcy, but schoolyard slasher tension dulls without sharp execution. Jose Nateras’ screenplay massages LGBTQ+ themes into an adorable-awkward-angsty teen romance threatened by deadly obstacles (outside cruel bigotry). In the canon of high school-set slashers, Departing Seniorsis a moderate achiever - the middle of the pack. Sarah got a new puppy | #AntMan3 July 31, 2019 LOOK HOW SOFT PAUL RUDD IS HERE ON THE SET OF GHOSTBUSTERS /G3md51DaBl #ghostbusters /yWKwkCSu9qįrom the set of GB2020: /oDdvpkv1圓 Ghostbusters will return to theaters on July 10, 2020.Įcto-1 on set in Crossfield, Alberta. Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon and Sigourney Weaver will star alongside Celeste O’Connor and Logan Kim. The new film, a sequel to the original classic, centers on a family that moves back home to a small town where they learn more about who they are. Will the original cast be back? At this time, we still can’t say for sure. Down below you’ll also find a few photos of star Paul Rudd on set. Another set photo shows a Stay Puft Marshmallows ad being painted onto the side of a building, and we wouldn’t be surprised if Stay Puft himself makes an appearance in the new movie. As the original teaser video promised, the classic Ecto-1 is making a return in the years-later sequel to the 1984 classic, and it’s certainly seen better days. Jason Reitman‘s Ghostbusters 2020is now filming in Canada, and a handful of set photos have just made their way onto social media. ![]()
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