It comes from the creator of the hit drama series Euphoria. Assassination Nation, the 2018 dark comedy thriller movie from writer-director Sam Levinson (Euphoria, The Idol, Malcolm and Marie), has just been added to Netflix. It revolves around four teenage friends (Abra, Hari Nef, Odessa Young and Suki Waterhouse) whose American town of Salem devolves […]

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The 14-year-old, who is earning rave reviews for her terrifying performance in the Ireland-shot movie, admits that her sister was shocked by the levels of fake blood during a set visit. 14-year-old Irish actress Alisha Weir is taking Hollywood by storm, having already played at her young age the title character in two massive movies. […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. One of the show’s stars told JOE he agrees with the comparison and spoke about the ‘wonderful reveal’ involving his character hidden within the scene. Prime Video’s big budget adaptation of the video game series Fallout premiered last week […]

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It has a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 16 April) is Pale Rider, the legendary Western from 1985 directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. He plays in the film an enigmatic man named Preacher who arrives into a town where a property owner named Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) […]

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The All of Us Strangers and Ripley star says his mother’s passing has made his recent success bittersweet. Irish actor Andrew Scott has spoken about his mother’s death last month in a new emotional interview. Nora Scott, who worked as an art teacher, passed away on 7 March following a sudden illness and two weeks […]

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The perfect list for those currently stuck for something to watch. Last week, we wrote about Prime Video’s latest movie additions. Now, we have covered Netflix’s below: Ali Legendary director Michael Mann’s excellent sports biopic about boxer Muhammad Ali, played by Will Smith in an Oscar-nominated performance. Arrival Aliens arrive on Earth, leading to a […]

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Sylvester Stallone will be an executive producer on the film. Pierce Brosnan will reportedly co-star in a new sports drama movie titled Giant, in which he will play legendary Irish boxing trainer Brendan Ingle. According to multiple reports, the biographical film will centre around the British former world featherweight champion ‘Prince’ Naseem Hamed – with […]

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Those who have seen the film will know what we’re talking about. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 15 April) is The Mist, the 2007 film adaptation of Stephen King’s novella of the same name. It centres around a man named David (Thomas Jane) who heads into town to gather food and supplies with […]

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People may find this tricky… Earlier this week, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival announced its line-up for this year’s edition of the event. And it was revealed that several movies involving Irish talent will be premiering there in May, including actor Barry Keoghan’s new drama Bird and director Lorcan Finnegan’s new thriller The Surfer. Acclaimed […]

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Relax in the shade with a nice quiz. The sun is properly present today and if you’re looking for a fun activity to do while you’re outside enjoying it, may we recommend the latest JOE quick-fire quiz? If the quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the […]

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Its writer currently has another acclaimed action film in cinemas now so it’s a great time to catch up with this 2012 flick. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 13 April) is Dredd, the acclaimed 2012 sci-fi action film based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd. Karl Urban stars as the title […]

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The first details regarding the attacker and the victims have been released. A widely shared video shows the moment a brave member of the public tried to fend off the man who stabbed several people in the Sydney shopping centre attack on Saturday afternoon (13 April). The attack occurred in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping […]

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Police have held a press conference following the attack. The lone female police officer who shot the man who stabbed several people in a Sydney shopping centre attack has been praised for “saving a range of people’s lives”. The attack occurred on Saturday afternoon (13 April) in the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre in the […]

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The Oscar-winning movie is currently not available on streaming, so now is the time to watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight is The Power of the Dog, the Oscar-winning film that was released back in 2021. Written and directed by two-time Oscar-winner Jane Campion (The Piano) and adapted from the novel of the same […]

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Despite the bad buzz ahead of its release, we’d argue the movie is a worthwhile dramatisation of the late pop star’s life. Not since Don’t Worry Darling has a movie had such bad buzz surrounding it ahead of its release than the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. This is to be expected given […]

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And we can think of numerous films for the spoof sequel to parody. A new entry in the spoof comedy franchise Scary Movie is in the works, according to reports. Launching in 2000, the film series is an Airplane-style parody of the horror genre and throughout its five entries has poked fun at the likes […]

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Need a plan of action for this week’s pub quiz? How about this… Take quiz. Get full marks on general knowledge. Kill it at the sports round. Grab five points on entertainment. Smash the solar system. Take 5/5 on fonts. Go to the Winchester, have a nice cold pint, and wait for all of this […]

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TGIF, indeed! The JOE Friday Pub Quiz is available to play now but we’ve also prepared the following quick-fire quiz to test you. 15 questions. Three minutes. Let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or […]

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All the episodes of the sci-fi action Western series are available to watch now. Prime Video’s big budget TV version of the popular video game series Fallout has finally landed on the streaming service and we’re happy to report that it joins The Last of Us in that rare category of highly successful game-to-screen adaptations. […]

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This underrated gem boasts an incredible cast. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 11 April) is Midnight Special, the 2016 sci-fi thriller road film with a starry ensemble cast. Michael Shannon plays a man named Roy (Michael Shannon) who goes on the run with his son (Jaeden Martell) while being pursued by the government […]

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‘Absolutely brutal joke, sack your writer.’ Several Irish viewers have been left “annoyed” with US host Seth Meyers over a joke he made this week about the newly-appointed Taoiseach Simon Harris. The 37-year-old succeeded Leo Varadkar in the role on Tuesday (9 April) and as such, became the youngest Taoiseach in the history of the […]

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Based on a shocking true story, the show features one of the best TV performances in years. Baby Reindeer, a new dark comedy thriller series, has just landed on Netflix and is sure to inspire plenty of conversation and thought in the wake of its release. Written by, created by and starring Scottish comedian Richard […]

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A great crop of films! JOE recently spoke to the stars of Prime Video’s new big sci-fi series Fallout (you can check out that interview here and here). But for a list of the most noteworthy movies added to the streaming service over the past month or so, scroll below. 12 Angry Men Both the […]

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Mary Lou McDonald described his absence as an ‘absolute disgrace’. Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin have slammed newly-appointed Taoiseach Simon Harris for not coming into Dáil Éireann on his first full day in the job. Harris succeeded Leo Varadkar in the role on Tuesday (9 April) but has been heavily criticised by the Sinn […]

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‘The Western elements of this story aren’t superfluous, they are organic,’ one of its stars told JOE. Fallout – Prime Video’s much-anticipated big-budget series adaptation of the popular video game franchise – finally lands this week on the streaming service and JOE had the opportunity to speak to some of its cast members. For those […]

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We’re expecting full marks here. 15 quick questions. Three minutes to answer them. Do you have what it takes? Well, then play below and prove it. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in and a space. […]

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Hit Irish crime drama Kin is getting its UK debut shortly, as the show is set to premiere on the BBC on Saturday evenings.

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Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has called the plans a ‘key priority’. Rail services between Belfast and Dublin are set to benefit from a new €165 million investment which is set to shorten the train journey between the two cities to under two hours. The funding comes from the PEACEPLUS Programme, a funding partnership between the […]

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“What are the odds and the timing of both of them?” – one of the series’ stars told JOE. Fallout – Prime Video’s big-budget series adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic sci-fi video game franchise – premieres this week on the streaming service after much anticipation. Executively produced by and directed in part by Jonathan Nolan […]

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It features two Oscar-winners in the lead roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 9 April) is Air America, a 1990 buddy action comedy starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. “Despite having just had his Los Angeles pilot’s license revoked, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) is hired by Air America, a clandestine airline […]

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The presenter also announced that he was taking ‘a break’ from his Virgin Radio UK show. Virgin Radio UK host Ryan Tubridy has taken to Instagram to post a video in which he teases “big news” about an upcoming project. Tubridy began work at the UK radio station at the start of the year, after […]

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A viral clip captures the moment when a plane touched down sideways on the airport runway before retreating to the air. Several videos have been posted on social media highlighting the impact of Storm Kathleen on planes at Dublin Airport today (Saturday, 6 April). Earlier today, JOE wrote about how at least three dozen Aer […]

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People are saying it’s up there with Game of Thrones. With the release of Netflix’s new massive sci-fi series 3 Body Problem, several people have taken to social media to rave about an earlier similarly-ambitious sci-fi show released by the streaming service. That series is Dark, which ran for three seasons and 26 episodes between […]

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Fresh off the presses. We’ve prepared another 15 quick-fire questions to be answered within three minutes. Best of luck. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in and a space. If you want to try some […]

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The much-anticipated Game of Thrones spin-off has cast its two leads. Former Connacht rugby player Peter Claffey will star in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight, an upcoming prequel series to Game of Thrones. The HBO show will adapt the Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas written by George R.R. Martin, which […]

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Dublin Airport has issued new advice for passengers travelling today. At least three dozen Aer Lingus flights to and from Dublin Airport have been cancelled today (Saturday, 6 April) as Storm Kathleen has landed in Ireland. Due to the storm, Met Éireann have already issued a Status Yellow wind warning for all of Ireland, as […]

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A young GAA player from Co Down remains in intensive care in an induced coma after an assault that happened on Easter Sunday.

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Our TV movie pick for this weekend is The Night House, a 2020 mystery horror thriller starring recent JOE interviewee Rebecca Hall.

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Let’s get down to quiz-ness. We had the JOE Friday Pub Quiz already today, but we’re following it up with this new quick-fire quiz. 15 questions. Three minutes. Let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number […]

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It features not one, but two gripping mysteries. It’s no secret that Colin Farrell has been on a real hot streak of late when it comes to his movie and TV projects. So, the fact that the Irish Oscar nominee has chosen to star in the new mysterious Apple TV+ series Sugar bodes well for […]

2 years ago

A witness appeal has been launched by Gardaí. Gardaí are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of two people after a house fire in Cork last night (Thursday, 4 April). At around 11.15pm, Gardaí and fire services were alerted to the house fire on Lower Glanmire Road in Mayfield. The blaze was brought […]

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The underrated and underseen flick was surprisingly made by the director of cult comedies Clerks and Dogma. Red State, the 2011 thriller movie written and directed by cult filmmaker Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy, Clerks, Dogma), has just been added to Netflix. It revolves around three teenagers – Travis (Michael Angarano), Jarod (Kyle Gallner) and Billy-Ray […]

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‘These past weeks have shown us even more so how resilient she is.’ The family of a five-year-old girl who was seriously injured in the Parnell Square attack last November have said she is “doing well” in a positive update. In a statement posted to the GoFundMe page set up for the injured child on […]

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The impacts of the storm could include very difficult travel conditions, flooding and power outages. Several Irish counties have been hit with Status Orange weather warnings over Storm Kathleen. The newly-named storm is due to hit Ireland on Saturday morning with Met Éireann issuing a Status Yellow wind warning for the entire country that day […]

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We all love a quiz. Isn’t that a universal truth? So, step right up and take our latest quick-fire one. Also, let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put the digit in and […]

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The study also said that these costs would result in ‘an immediate major reduction’ in ‘living standards’. A United Ireland could cost up to €20 billion a year for 20 years, according to a new report. It also said that unification would require a rise in taxation of about 25%, as well as a significant […]

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It also features a big Irish star in one of the lead roles. An action movie starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan that wound up being banned in one particular country has been climbing up the Netflix top 10. That film is No Escape and tells the story of American businessman Jack Dwyer (Wilson), his […]

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It boasts a great cast and comes from an Oscar-winning director. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 4 April) is U Turn, the star-studded 1997 neo-noir crime thriller film. Directed by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon), it sees another Oscar winner Sean Penn play Bobby Cooper, a drifter in debt to a violent gangster […]

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Featuring a massive rising star in the lead role, the nail-biter of a film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just added Emily the Criminal, the acclaimed 2022 crime thriller movie starring Aubrey Plaza, to its library. The feature film debut of writer-director John Patton Ford, Plaza stars in the film as the […]

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Also featuring strong Western elements, the movie comes from the director of the classics 48 Hrs. and The Warriors. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 3 April) is Extreme Prejudice, an ’80s action thriller with strong Western elements. It centres around two childhood friends, one of which has grown up to be a Texas […]

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