Stephen Porzio

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 42nd 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 The Hateful Eight 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 439 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 best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 438 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 was produced by J.J. Abrams and holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 16 April) is Overlord, the acclaimed 2018 action war thriller directed by Julius Avery (The Pope’s Exorcist) and produced by J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield). Set towards the end of World War II, it centres around […]

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‘Remains post-apocalyptic television at its peak.’ The Last of Us, the brilliant TV adaptation of the post-apocalyptic game of the same name, has returned for a second season. Set in a world overrun by zombie-like creatures – the result of a mass fungal infection – the first season followed Joel (Pedro Pascal), a hardened smuggler, […]

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Given the recent passing of one of its stars, the film will make for an emotional rewatch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 15 April) is Tombstone, the legendary 1993 Western starring Kurt Russell (Bone Tomahawk) and the late Val Kilmer (Top Gun). The film sees Wyatt Earp (Russell) and his brothers, Morgan and […]

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It’s not quite what you may think, however. As we collectively wait for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, Netflix has just released a documentary film about its acclaimed stage prequel, Stranger Things: The First Shadow. Titled Behind the Curtain: Stranger Things The First Shadow, the docufilm offers unique behind-the-scenes access to the […]

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 437 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 featured in Empire Magazine’s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 12 April) is Dead Man’s Shoes, the incredible 2004 psychological revenge thriller from co-writer and director Shane Meadows (This is England). The film follows Richard (co-writer Paddy Considine), a British soldier who […]

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 436 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

Starring Jon Hamm, the show has been earning comparisons to Breaking Bad, Mad Men and The White Lotus. Apple TV+ has just added Your Friends & Neighbors, an addictive new dark comedy crime thriller series starring Jon Hamm (Fargo, Mad Men). The show follows Andrew ‘Coop’ Cooper (Hamm), a hedge fund manager who, while still […]

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The new sequel comes from the director of 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Boys and Prey. Disney+ has announced that Predator: Killer of Killers, a “secret” new film in the Predator action sci-fi franchise, will be coming to the streaming service in just a few weeks. An animated anthology movie, the movie will follow three of […]

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Barry Keoghan stars in the 88% Rotten Tomatoes-rated thriller, which is based on a true story. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 11 April) is American Animals, the 2018 heist thriller based on a true story and starring an against-type Barry Keoghan (Saltburn). In the film, the Irish Oscar-nominee plays Spencer Reinhard, a timid […]

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While Amazon’s new action flick is more Die Hard-inspired, it has some fun elements that could be transposed to a future 007 film. G20, the big new action movie from Amazon MGM Studios, has just been added to Prime Video and we’re happy to report that it is a lot of fun. The film centres […]

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Scroll below to see how we rank this season’s six episodes. Netflix’s beloved sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror is back on Netflix with its seventh season, comprising six episodes ranging from 45 – 90 minutes in length. Ahead of its release, JOE got a chance to check out all of season seven. And in our […]

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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, […]

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 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 […]

1 year ago

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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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 […]

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 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 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

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 […]

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