Eye-popping sea views, a secret beach mere footsteps away and an uber-cool interior: Inside the Scandi-chic Isle of Wight lodge that’s shaking up the island’s hotel scene Hillside is located in the quirky resort of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight’s south coast with Scandi-chic decor ...
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Alicia Keys: Alicia review – classic and contemporary | Soul
Following the publication of her memoir in March, Alicia Keys’s seventh album comes from a more personal place than her previous sets. Some tracks are a little beige and mawkish (notably Underdog, co-written with, among others, Ed Sheeran), and occasionally the storytelling is heavy on...
‘Ratched’ review: Sarah Paulson stars in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix series, which flies closer to ‘American Horror Story’ than ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’
Created by newcomer Evan Romansky, the eight-episode Netflix drama (and no, this isn’t designed as a check-in, check-out limited series) bears all the Murphy hallmarks, kicking off with a grisly multiple homicide involving priests, perpetrated by another of the producer’s repertory players, Finn Wittrock. The...
The Water Man review – David Oyelowo’s charming directorial debut | Toronto film festival 2020
When an experienced actor steps behind the scenes to become a multi-hyphenate, one usually assumes their directorial debut will have a revealing, if often self-indulgent, autobiographical element. But as much as we might have learned about Greta Gerwig from Lady Bird or Viggo Mortensen from...
Vileda Steam Mop Amazon review
‘It bought the carpet and tiled floors back to life’: Vileda’s bestselling steam mop is majorly marked down on Amazon right now By Emily Knott For Mailonline Published: 06:06 EDT, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 12:34 EDT, 18 September 2020 If you’re in need of...
Tesla review – portrait of an inventor out of step with his time | Biopics
Every historical drama involves some element of pure invention: maybe it happened like this? Perhaps she said it like that? But Michael Almereyda’s biopic of the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856 – 1943), is rather more open about this process than most. Ethan Hawke, who...
‘The Way I See It’ review: Dawn Porter’s documentary filters the presidency through photographer Pete Souza’s lens
Souza served as a photographer in the Reagan White House before he was approached about chronicling Obama’s terms — a job with its own fascinating background that he approached, Souza says here, as “a historian with a camera,” constantly thinking of “mood, emotion, context.” For...
‘Antebellum’ review: Janelle Monae stars in a thriller with a ‘Get Out’ vibe that doesn’t live up to its twist
Originally destined for a theatrical run, the movie hits digital platforms trumpeting a “Get Out” pedigree in its marketing campaign, since there’s an overlap among the producing teams. More directly, the film marks the directing debut of Gerard Bush + Christopher Renz, who have championed...
Vanessa Giullen murder prompts independent Fort Hood review
Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy visited Fort Hood this week to assess the embattled base after nine soldiers died this year alone, including 20-year-old soldier Vanessa Guillen. McCarthy’s visit to the Killeen, Texas base comes as week after he announced five ‘highly qualified’ civilian experts...
Army Chief General MM Naravane to visit J&K to review operational preparedness amid LAC standoff with China | India News
NEW DELHI: Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir soon to review the operational preparedness amid the ongoing Line Of Actual Control (LAC) standoff with China. According to reports, Gen Naravane will meet top Army commanders and review the security situation...