Stephen Porzio

It co-stars an Irish Oscar nominee. Lost City, a new Irish crime thriller starring John Connors (The Galway Bay Murders, Love/Hate), will hit cinemas very soon. From documentarian Seán Murray (Unquiet Graves) in his feature drama debut, the movie follows a boxer in Belfast named Paul (Martin McCann, Blue Lights). His life is finally beginning […]

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The film marks Colin Farrell and Guy Ritchie’s only collaboration. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 21 October) is The Gentlemen, the 2019 crime comedy thriller from writer-director Guy Ritchie (The Covenant, In the Grey). The film follows Mickey Pearson (Oscar-winner Matthew McConaughey), an American expatriate who became rich building a highly profitable marijuana […]

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The series stars two Irish actors. Channel 4 has just released the first trailer for Hunting Alice Bell, its new psychological thriller that was filmed in Ireland. The six-part show launches next month and was created by comedian David Baddiel with critic Peter Bradshaw. Its story is kicked off by Alice Bell, a former nurse […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 718, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Six counties are affected by the Status Orange warnings. Met Éireann has just issued two Status Orange warnings affecting six Irish counties over expected flooding and “intense rain”. The conditions come as Storm Austen is set to impact Ireland this week. Named by the UK Met Office on Tuesday morning (20 October), Met Éireann has […]

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It has overtaken The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, and The Dark Knight. You Can See Everything, the new three-hour documentary about Elizabeth Holmes, is now the highest-rated movie of all time on IMDb. The doc sees the notorious Silicon Valley founder invite filmmakers Lance Oppenheim (Primetime) and Nathan Fielder (The Rehearsal) to capture her every […]

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The warnings affect 26 counties. Met Éireann has just issued two separate weather warnings as the newly named Storm Austen is set to impact Ireland this week. The storm was named by the UK Met Office on Tuesday morning (20 October). According to Met Éireann, “a low-pressure system moving towards the UK and south of […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 717, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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‘A tense and tight 90-minute thriller.’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 20 October) is Retreat, the 2011 underrated, twisty thriller starring Cillian Murphy (Free Fire, The Wind that Shakes the Barley). The film sees the Irish Oscar-winner and Thandiwe Newton (Line of Duty, Westworld) play a married couple named Martin and Kate. Their […]

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It’s from the writer of The Night Manager and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 18 October) is Our Kind of Traitor, a great but underseen thriller based on a novel by John le Carré (The Night Manager, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy). Released in 2016, the film stars Ewan McGregor […]

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‘An important, thought-provoking watch that we’d urge people to seek out.’ Case 137, a terrific new crime drama movie, is available to watch in cinemas now. Billing itself as “a work of fiction based on true events”, the French movie centres on the country’s yellow vests protests. The story sees the mother of a young […]

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‘I’m slightly obsessed with the gangland-type drama. I’m still interested…,’ the writer told the press recently. In the 12 years since the Irish crime drama aired its series finale, many have wondered if Love/Hate could ever return. As it turns out, its creator Stuart Carolan has considered it. The writer’s latest show, the very fun […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 714, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Featuring a Love/Hate star, you won’t want to miss this. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 17 October) is King Frankie, the 2024 Irish drama starring Peter Coonan (Hokum, Love/Hate). The actor plays Frank ‘King’ Burke, a taxi driver living a quiet, modest life in a Dublin suburb. But Frankie’s life wasn’t always like […]

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With Halloween just around the corner, now is the time to watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 16 October) is The First Omen, the 2024 prequel to the classic 1970s horror The Omen. Directed by Arkasha Stevenson (Brand New Cherry Flavor, Channel Zero) in her feature film debut, the story is also set […]

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With JOE’s new column, you’ll never miss a movie airing on TV again. Out of all these films available on Irish TV, my pick of the weekend is… King Frankie. For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE’s daily movie-on-TV articles too late, this is the column for you. We are giving readers […]

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At least, that’s what his Street Fighter co-star, Andrew Schulz, says. WWE star Cody Rhodes has a “big” secret upcoming project, according to his acting collaborator and comedian Andrew Schulz. The pair star together in Street Fighter, the latest movie reboot of the Street Fighter franchise. Based on the popular video game series, JOE interviewed […]

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EXCLUSIVE: JOE asked Marvel stars Paul Bettany and James Spader and the show’s creator Terry Matalas about the actor swap. VisionQuest creator Terry Matalas (12 Monkeys, Star Trek: Picard) has explained to JOE why Irish actress Kerry Condon was replaced in the role of F.R.I.D.A.Y. by her fellow countrywoman Orla Brady. The new eight-part Marvel […]

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Colm Meaney, Dervla Kirwan and Kate Mulgrew are part of the new show’s cast. RTÉ has unveiled the first trailer and a release date for The Galway Bay Murders, its new crime drama starring Colm Meaney (The Commitments), John Connors (Love/Hate) and Kate Mulgrew (Orange Is the New Black). Mulgrew plays the lead role in […]

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‘Beautiful, sad, and properly scary.’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 15 October) is Don’t Look Now, the 1970s psychological thriller directed by Nicolas Roeg (The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Witches). An adaptation of a short story by Daphne du Maurier (Rebecca), the film stars Donald Sutherland (MASH) and Julie Christie (Darling). […]

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EXCLUSIVE: One of the show’s stars told JOE that the show sadly won’t be back for a new season. Prime Video’s British supernatural thriller series The Rig has been cancelled after two seasons, according to its star Emily Hampshire (Schitt’s Creek, WandaVision). Having premiered in 2023, the show followed the crew of a Scottish oil […]

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JOE spoke to the director and stars of one of 2026’s most anticipated movie releases. Here’s everything you need to know about the film. After much anticipation, the latest movie reboot of the Street Fighter franchise will finally be available to watch this week. JOE spoke to the film’s director, Kitao Sakurai (The Eric Andre […]

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JOE spoke to the two stars of the movie, which has a crazy premise. Whalefall, an unforgettable new survival thriller, is available to watch in cinemas this week. Directed by Brian Duffield (No One Will Save You), the film stars man-of-the-moment Austin Abrams (Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil) as Jay, a teen living on California’s Central […]

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A perfect pre-Halloween watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 14 October) is Lisa Frankenstein, one of 2024’s most underrated films. From Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody (Jennifer’s Body, Juno), the romantic comedy horror is set in the 1980s. Its story follows Lisa (scream queen Kathryn Newton, Abigail), a goth teen reeling from the gruesome […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 713, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Excellent news. Disney has confirmed that the long-gestating reboot of The X-Files from Oscar-winning filmmaker Ryan Coogler (Sinners) will be getting a season of television. First announced as in the works in 2023, the sci-fi reboot’s first episode was filmed earlier this year. Danielle Deadwyler (The Harder They Fall) and Himesh Patel (The Odyssey) had […]

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With a near-perfect 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the Oscar-winning film is also available on streaming. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 13 October) is L.A. Confidential, the 1997 neo-noir crime thriller based on James Ellroy’s novel of the same name. Directed by Curtis Hanson (8 Mile, The River Wild), the film is set […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 712, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Holding an 80% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars one of Ireland’s most famous actors. Prime Video has just added Barber, one of JOE’s favourite Irish crime thriller movies of recent years. The 2023 neo-noir stars recent JOE interviewee Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin) as Val Barber, a private investigator in modern-day Dublin. He is hired […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 711, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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The series currently holds an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score. Carrie, the new adaptation of Stephen King’s debut novel from writer-director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass), is streaming now. Accessible through Prime Video in its entirety, the eight-part series sees Summer H. Howell (Normal) step into the role of misfit teen Carrie […]

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Directed by an Oscar winner, the crime thriller has a great cast. Netflix has just added Animals, a new thriller movie directed by and starring Ben Affleck (The Town, The RIP). The Oscar-winner plays Mark Kimball, a Los Angeles Mayoral candidate whose seemingly perfect life is shattered when his son is kidnapped and held for […]

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Liked by critics and featuring an A-lister in a lead role, the 2022 movie was sadly not a box-office hit. It’s now ripe for discovery. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 10 October) is Bones and All, the 2022 romantic horror thriller from director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Challengers). Based on […]

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With JOE’s new column, you’ll never miss a movie airing on TV again. Out of all these films available on Irish TV, my pick of the weekend is… The Nice Guys. For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE’s daily movie-on-TV articles too late, this is the column for you. We are giving […]

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We’d love to see it. Andrew Scott is currently the second favourite to win the Best Actor prize at the 2027 Oscars, according to a popular bookmaker. The Irish star, best known for his roles in All of Us Strangers, Ripley, Pressure and Sherlock, is the lead of Elsinore, a new biographical drama. Andrew Scott […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 709, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

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It’s a follow-up to one of the best films of the 21st century. The Social Reckoning, the sequel to the acclaimed biographical drama The Social Network, lands in cinemas today (Friday, 9 October). Aaron Sorkin, who wrote the screenplay for the original 2010 movie, has replaced David Fincher in the director’s chair for the follow-up. […]

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Though it received mixed reviews upon release, it has built up a cult following. In Time, a 2011 sci-fi thriller with an incredible premise starring Cillian Murphy, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 9 October). Written and directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, The Truman Show), the movie is set in a future where time literally […]

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We’d argue it’s one of the best films Hollywood has put out in years. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 9 October) is Longlegs, the brilliant horror thriller from writer-director Osgood Perkins (The Monkey, the upcoming The Young People). Maika Monroe (The Guest, It Follows) stars as Lee Harker, an up-and-coming FBI agent in […]

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JOE interviewed its two stars, who said the movie’s story feels ‘too crazy to be true’. Chasing Millions, a new Irish crime comedy thriller based on a ‘crazy’ true story, is out in cinemas from today (Friday, 9 October). Directed by Stephen Burke (2017’s great historical prison drama Maze), the movie is inspired by the […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 708, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

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From the writer of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the film stars an Oscar winner in his final lead role before his untimely death. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 8 October) is A Most Wanted Man, the excellent 2014 spy thriller starring the late and great Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film is based on […]

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‘An unforgettable, immersive watch.’ A new, 72-minute (not counting credits), genre-bending thriller has just been released, and you need to put it on your radar. The movie is titled Child and hails from Luxembourg. Directed by Cyrus Neshvad in his feature debut, the story introduces us in medias res to a couple named Anne (Brigitte […]

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The hit film got two sequels and a spin-off TV show. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 7 October) is Olympus Has Fallen, the hit 2013 action film starring Gerard Butler (Law Abiding Citizen, Plane). The Scottish actor plays Mike Banning, a former Presidential Secret Service Agent who must save the US President (Aaron […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 707, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

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Recalling the likes of Fatal Attraction, Gone Girl, and Unfaithful, we need more films like this. Verity, which we believe is one of the year’s most underrated thriller movies, is now in cinemas. Based on the hit Colleen Hoover novel of the same name, Dakota Johnson plays Lowen, a struggling author. She accepts an offer […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 119th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They must then select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Reservoir Dogs Pulp Fiction […]

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Featuring an Oscar-winner, the film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Weight, a fantastic new Western crime thriller, is available to watch in cinemas now. No stranger to the Western genre, thanks to In a Valley of Violence, The Kid, and The Magnificent Seven, the movie stars Oscar-nominee Ethan Hawke. He plays Samuel, a […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 706, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

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Holding an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, the thriller stars a recent Oscar nominee. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 6 October) is Here Before, the 2021 Northern Irish psychological thriller starring Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie). The film sees the actress play Laura, a married woman and mother living in Belfast whose daughter […]

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