Stephen Porzio is a senior writer at JOE, having joined the website in March 2021. JOE’s principal entertainment writer, his area of expertise is movies and television. He covers new releases, streaming additions, and what’s on TV, while also regularly speaking to acclaimed actors and directors about their latest work. Stephen graduated with a BA in English and Film from UCD and an MA in journalism from DCU. He has previously had work published in Hot Press, The Times (Ireland Edition) and The Irish Sun, and is also an experienced podcaster.
Powerful new Netflix documentary about Irish woman travelling to Ukraine to rescue friend
The Irish documentary was one of the winners of a Netflix funding competition. Netflix has just released Two Mothers, a powerful documentary short film about an Irish mother who travelled to war-torn Ukraine in an effort to bring her friend and her family to safety. The short doc tells the story of Irish woman Cathy Wheatley […]
2 years ago
Several counties hit with weather warnings over ‘strong and gusty’ winds
In some of the counties, the strong winds are ‘likely to cause’ travel disruption. Weather warnings have been issued to seven counties as Ireland is to be hit with “strong and gusty” winds on Wednesday (31 January). Met Éireann‘s forecast for the day says that cloud, wind and rain will spread from the northwest southeastwards. […]
2 years ago
Netflix has just added one of the best action movies of the decade so far
Directed by one of the action movie kings, it’s basically a cross between Heat and Speed. Netflix has just added Ambulance, one of the best action movies of the decade so far, to its library. Directed by action filmmaking legend Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock), it stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Matrix Resurrections). He […]
2 years ago
British outlet calls out ‘sham actor’ Paul Mescal in ruthless take-down
Mescal has come under fire in a new column for comments he made about Gladiator 2 and the added fame it could bring him. Irish actor Paul Mescal is among several performers who have come under criticism in a column in British publication The Spectator this week. Titled ‘The rise of the sham actors’, the […]
2 years ago
Brendan Gleeson stars in new documentary about legendary Irish pub
It will have its world premiere in Dublin in a few weeks. A first trailer has hit the web for a new documentary about a legendary Irish pub starring Oscar-nominated Irish actor Brendan Gleeson. Titled Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, the film is about Hughes’s – the bar which was located on a side street […]
2 years ago