The costume vault

The inspirational biopic is, at this point, a subgenre riddled with cliches, tropes and tired redundancies even when compared to other formulaic cinematic genres. Why? Because it always does the same: it takes a real story, follows it loosely and cajoles it into fitting the standards and usual structure of these types of movies. And, unfortunately,  Florence Foster Jenkins  falls exactly into that category. This is a paint by numbers movie. It goes exactly where you think it's going to go after watching the trailer, it brings no surprises, nor any sort of interesting thought and it sits back and relies on the performances of admittedly great actors to keep the boat afloat. And yes, I can't deny that this is a somewhat competent movie made by a competent director, but it's otherwise completely unremarkable. It's mathematically designed to be a crowd-pleaser and this creates more problems than anything, particularly in regards to the story, as it just doesn't...

So the nominations for the 89th Academy Awards are finally out and... I am frustrated at how predictable they were. At least in the Costume Design category, which is the one that concerns us here. Here are the Nominations for Costume Design: ALLIED. Costume Design by Joanna Johnston This is a World War II Epic Romance-Drama very reminiscent of the Classic Hollywood Wartime dramas, even down to the excess of melodrama. This movie, though it didn't flop, it didn't impress either. Bland and predictable are terms as applicable to the plot as to the costumes. Don't understand why it's even here. FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. Costume Design by Colleen Atwood I was doubting, back in my 2016 Favorite Costume Design's List (read here ) whether to include this or Miss Peregrine's , as both are designed by the splendid Colleen Atwood. In the end, I prefer Miss Peregrine's . I guess they don't. FLORENCE FOSTER JENKINS. Costume Desig...