Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 41st entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Layer Cake Snatch Lock, […]

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The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, making it the most Oscar-nominated Irish film ever. Disney+ has just re-added The Banshees of Inisherin, one of the best movies of the decade and one of the best Irish movies ever. The film is set in 1923, near the end of the Irish Civil War, on […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘I thought I had great earbuds. Then I got these.’ A pair of “difficult to beat” earphones are on offer for 32% off as part of a “limited time deal” on Amazon. The Soundcore by Anker Liberty 4 NC […]

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We’re very excited about this ‘dark but great’ sports movie. One of JOE’s most anticipated upcoming movies is The Cut, a sports drama in which Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings, Pirates of the Caribbean) plays an Irish boxer. Directed by Sean Ellis (the Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan-starring Anthropoid) and featuring amongst its cast […]

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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 434 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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Holding an 80% Rotten Tomatoes score, the movie comes from the director of the Ocean’s Trilogy and the recently acclaimed Black Bag. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 9 April) is Haywire, the excellent 2011 action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (the Ocean’s Trilogy, the excellent recent Black Bag). The film stars former MMA […]

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Both the original and remake are streaming now on the service. Prime Video has just added two versions of The Crow: the beloved 1994 supernatural action thriller film and its remake, which came out last year. Based on the comic book series of the same name, both movies centre around Eric Draven – a man […]

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The film’s Irish co-star spoke to JOE about the action movie and what sets it apart from other similar stories. Oscar-winner Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody, Mr. Robot) is back on cinema screens this week with The Amateur, a new spy thriller that puts a “modern, unique” twist on the action hero. The movie sees Malek […]

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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 433 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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In recent years, there were reports that the cult crime flick would be getting a sequel. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 8 April) is Lord of War, the extremely underrated 2005 crime thriller starring Nicolas Cage. Written and directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, The Truman Show), the film spans 20 years in the […]

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Made by the same director as the German historical drama Downfall, the film is now free to watch. Five Minutes of Heaven, the brilliant 2009 Irish thriller starring James Nesbitt and Liam Neeson, is now available to watch for free at home. Streaming via the RTÉ Player, the movie comes from director Oliver Hirschbiegel (the […]

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Having earned strong reviews on the festival circuit, the film has finally secured a release date. Amongst the Wolves, a new Irish crime thriller movie from director Mark O’Connor (Cardboard Gangsters) and featuring Golden Globe nominee Aidan Gillen (Kin), has finally secured an Irish release date. Landing in cinemas next month, the film is co-written […]

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Here’s our verdict on the sure-to-be blockbuster. No, this is real life and not a plot point in Seth Rogen’s hilarious new Hollywood satire The Studio. A film based on the game Minecraft has been made and is on track to make hundreds of millions of dollars at the box office. Interestingly titled A Minecraft […]

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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 432 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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We have come here to chew bubblegum and recommend this film… and we’re all out of bubblegum. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 5 April) is They Live, the cult sci-fi action flick from writer-director John Carpenter (Escape from New York, Halloween, The Thing). It revolves around a homeless drifter named Nada (played by […]

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With a 96% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the Oscar-winning film is a true crowd-pleaser. Every once in a while, a comedy-drama movie comes along that has such universal appeal that you can’t help but recommend it to everyone in your life. Some recent examples of films like this include the Oscar-winners and nominees Another Round, […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. A sequel to the smash-hit game is in development. The version of Hogwarts Legacy, one of the best-selling games of the decade, for Nintendo Switch has dropped in price on Amazon as part of an “exclusive” offer. The Nintendo […]

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The film deserves a much bigger audience. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 4 April) is Prince of Darkness, the supremely underrated upon-release 1987 horror from writer-director John Carpenter (Halloween, The Thing). The film follows a group of scientists in Los Angeles who are asked to assist a Catholic priest (Donald Pleasence, reteaming with […]

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The documentary has a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Ben Affleck and Matt Damon-produced film about the Bosnian War and U2’s concert in Sarajevo in 1997 after the conflict is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 4 April). Titled Kiss the Future, the documentary features footage of the landmark gig by the Irish band. It […]

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The revenge thriller has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. Prime Video has just added Blue Ruin, the extremely tense US indie revenge thriller movie from 2013. The film centres around Dwight (Macon Blair, Oppenheimer), a homeless drifter who returns to his hometown intending to exact brutal revenge for the deaths of his parents years previously. […]

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Co-written by one of the team behind Lost, 10 episodes of the new medical drama are streaming now. Netflix has just added Pulse, its first English-language medical drama series – which is already earning comparisons to the smash hits ER and Grey’s Anatomy. Created by Zoe Robyn (Hawaii Five-0), who serves as showrunner alongside TV […]

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The BBC has revealed plot details and a list of new cast members for season three. The Capture, one of the BBC’s best thriller shows in recent years, is officially returning for a third season. The BBC confirmed the news in a statement today (Thursday, 3 April), which also contained plot details and a list […]

1 year ago

This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The Heritage Pack includes seven games. Fresh off of this week’s update from Nintendo about the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2, Amazon is offering a “brilliant” deal on a bundle of seven classic original Switch games. The Star Wars Heritage […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 431 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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The film was such a hit that it got a sequel two years later. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 3 April) is Young Guns, the 1988 star-studded Western action flick. Set in 1878 in Lincoln County, the film sees John Tunstall (Terence Stamp) – a British ranch owner – hire six rebellious boys […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 40th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Kiss Kiss Bang Bang […]

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The series comes from the makers of The Day of the Jackal, The Gentleman and Top Boy. MobLand, the much-anticipated new crime thriller show with Tom Hardy, is now available to watch on streaming. A Paramount+ series, MobLand was created by Ronan Bennett (The Day of the Jackal, Top Boy), with Guy Richie (The Gentleman, […]

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Coming from the director of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy, the film probably has the best young cast of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 2 April) is The Outsiders, the 1983 cult classic coming-of-age crime drama. Directed by legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Trilogy) and based […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 430 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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The film was a big hit in cinemas. Having become embroiled in several tabloid controversies upon its cinema release, Don’t Worry Darling is now available to stream at home on Netflix. Directed by and featuring amongst its cast Olivia Wilde, the psychological thriller stars Florence Pugh (Little Women, Midsommar) as Alice, a young woman living […]

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The follow-up is reportedly in the works at Netflix. Netflix is reportedly developing a film sequel to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which David Fincher (Fight Club, Mindhunter) is set to direct – not Quentin Tarantino. Tarantino wrote and directed the original 2019 movie which is set in ’60s Los Angeles and focuses on […]

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The crime drama has inspired several spin-offs. Netflix has just re-added all six seasons of Power, one of its most beloved crime drama shows. The series aired from 2014 to 2020 and centres around James ‘Ghost’ St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick, Army of the Dead), a man who has it all – including a stunning Manhattan […]

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We completely missed this detail too. Ahead of the recent Severance season two finale, JOE sat down with series star Dichen Lachman to discuss the shocking end to the episode, fan theories and what’s next for the show. But also during the spoilery conversation, we asked the Ms Casey / Gemma actress if there were […]

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Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the Irish film was released in cinemas earlier this year to rave reviews. Bring Them Down, the grippingly tense new Irish thriller movie starring Barry Keoghan, is now available to watch at home. Streaming via the service Mubi, the film is the feature debut of writer-director Christopher Andrews and […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 429 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

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Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 1 April) is Moon, the incredible 2009 sci-fi starring Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus). In the film, the actor plays Sam Bell, an astronaut in the future whose solo three-year work shift at a […]

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‘A Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones-esque style film or trilogy about Irish mythology, I think the world needs that now.’ The makers of the new Irish horror An Taibhse have said that their dream project would be to make a movie or trilogy based on Irish mythology. Billed as the first-ever Irish-language […]

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Starring Dexter actor Michael C. Hall, the film’s great cast and twisty screenplay make it well worth seeking out. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 29 March) is Cold in July, a brilliant if underseen crime thriller gem from 2014. Based on the novel of the same name by the acclaimed writer Joe R. […]

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The makers of the horror sat down with JOE and discussed the advice they got from the film’s producer Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, My Left Foot). This week marks the cinema release of An Taibhse, which is being billed as the first-ever Irish-language horror feature film. You can read JOE’s thoughts […]

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The short was made to mark the classic comedy turning 21 years old next month. A very funny new Irish language short film based on the 2004 comedy classic Mean Girls is going viral following its release earlier this month. Titled Cailíní Gránna (Mean Girls in Irish), the film was produced by Mumbro Top and […]

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PS Plus members seem to be delighted with the news. Sony has revealed what games will become available to PlayStation Plus members from 1 April and one of them is a recent hit based on a classic movie. This is 2023’s Robocop: Rogue City, the first-person shooter game which features an original storyline based on […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 428 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 39th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Happy Gilmore Dodgeball: A […]

1 year ago

Holding an 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was a surprise hit with critics upon release. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 27 March) is Copshop, the 2021 action thriller from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey, Narc, Smokin’ Aces). The film tells the story of a wily con artist (Frank Grillo) who, on […]

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Their co-star in the film spoke to JOE about the much-anticipated action flick. The Wrecking Crew, a new ‘Lethal Weapon-style’ action comedy movie starring Dave Bautista and Jason Momoa, has gotten an exciting update from one of its co-stars. The film was spurred into existence back in 2021 by Bautista, who tweeted at the time: […]

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Though the film caused some controversy upon release, it did well at the box office and with critics and is finding a new audience on streaming. Jennifer Lawrence’s hit raunchy comedy No Hard Feelings is finding a second life on Netflix. Recently added to the streaming giant, the 2023 movie sees the Oscar-winning actress play […]

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The series should appeal to fans of Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger. Fresh off the back of recent streaming hits Just One Look and Missing You, Netflix has re-teamed with best-selling author Harlan Coben on another TV adaptation out now. Titled Caught (Atrapados), the six-part limited thriller series is set in Argentina […]

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The film is inspired by one of the most famous novels of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 26 March) is The Invitation, the horror thriller which was a box office hit upon release in 2022. The film tells the story of Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel, Game of Thrones), a woman in New […]

1 year ago

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 427 and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated out there, every day, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer […]

1 year ago

The film has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just added Us, the absolutely brilliant 2019 horror thriller movie from Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out). The writer-director’s follow-up to Get Out centres around an American family (led by Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke) whose vacation trip turns into a fight for survival. This […]

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