Stephen Porzio

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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.

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  • A dark crime drama once banned in Ireland is getting a surprising sequel

    A dark crime drama once banned in Ireland is getting a surprising sequel

    Martin Scorsese once called the original one of the best films of the ’90s. Bad Lieutenant, the extremely dark 1992 crime drama starring Harvey Keitel that was once banned in Ireland, is getting a surprise reboot. The original saw Keitel play the unnamed title character, a corrupt New York cop addicted to drugs and steeped […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to release a darkly comic thriller show to rival Slow Horses

    Netflix is about to release a darkly comic thriller show to rival Slow Horses

    The show comes from the creator of Godless and The Queen’s Gambit. Netflix has just released the first trailer for Dept. Q, its new crime thriller series that looks like it should appeal to fans of Apple TV+’s smash hit Slow Horses. The show follows DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, Watchmen), who is described as […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 448

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 448

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 448 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

  • One of the best crime thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    One of the best crime thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    The true crime film has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 7 May) is The Night of the 12th, the excellent 2022 French mystery crime thriller. Inspired by one story from Pauline Guéna’s non-fiction account of her time embedded with a French Criminal Investigation department, the film follows […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has added one of 2024’s very best movies to its service

    Prime Video has added one of 2024’s very best movies to its service

    There has been a recent renewed interest in the Oscar-winning thriller as a result of real-world events. Conclave, the excellent 2024 Vatican-set mystery thriller, is now available to stream via Prime Video. Based on a novel by Robert Harris (The Ghost) and directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), the movie focuses […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 447

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 447

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 447 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

  • One of the best spy thriller movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best spy thriller movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    Holding an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film does not appear to be available to rent or stream, so now is the time to watch it. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 3 May) is Breach, the brilliant 2007 spy thriller based on true events. Co-written and directed by Billy Ray (Shattered Glass), the […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

    One of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

    The film has a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 2 May) is The Gift, the incredible 2015 psychological thriller written and directed by and starring Joel Edgerton (Warrior). The film centres around a married couple named Robyn (Rebecca Hall) and Simon (Jason Bateman) who move to a new […]

    1 year ago

  • Cardboard Gangsters director and Kin star team-up for tense new Irish thriller out now

    Cardboard Gangsters director and Kin star team-up for tense new Irish thriller out now

    JOE interviewed director Mark O’Connor and actor Luke McQuillan about their gritty new crime thriller. Mark O’Connor has established himself as one of Ireland’s best filmmakers. This is because of his thriller dramas about people on the fringes of society who, as they try to navigate their surroundings, find themselves pulled into a criminal underworld. […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 446

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 446

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 446 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

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    Made by an Oscar-winning filmmaker, some have even called it one of the best sci-fi films of the 21st century. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 1 May) is Nope, the 2022 neo-Western sci-fi thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us). With its title standing for ‘Not of Planet Earth’, Nope revolves […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 44

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 44

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 44th 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 Rock The Silence […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 445

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 445

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 445 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

  • A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film, which tells a story about Billy the Kid, was recently added to Netflix as well. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 29 April) is The Kid, the star-studded 2019 Western directed by Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil). Set in the 19th century in the old West, the film follows a young boy named Rio […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 444

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 444

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 444 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

  • Netflix has just quietly added one of the decade’s very best movies

    Netflix has just quietly added one of the decade’s very best movies

    The Oscar-winning film is a must-watch for fans of legal thrillers. Anatomy of a Fall, one of the decade’s very best movies, has just been added to Netflix. The film stars Sandra Huller (who was Oscar-nominated for her role) as Sandra Voyter, an acclaimed German novelist. She lives in an isolated mountain chalet in France […]

    1 year ago

  • One of 2024’s best Irish thriller shows gets hopeful season 2 update

    One of 2024’s best Irish thriller shows gets hopeful season 2 update

    EXCLUSIVE: The series’ co-creator spoke to JOE about the plans for a second season. Crá, the 2024 hit Irish-language crime thriller mystery series, could be returning for a season two, JOE has learned. Commissioned by both TG4 and BBC Northern Ireland, the six-part show, whose title means ‘anguish’ or ‘torment’ in Irish, was set in […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best heist thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best heist thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    The film is also one of Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham’s best. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 26 April) is Wrath of Man, the excellent 2021 heist revenge thriller that reunited director Guy Ritchie and star Jason Statham (Lock Stock, Snatch) after 15 years. A remake of the 2004 French flick Cash Truck, […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 443

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 443

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 443 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

  • Prime Video has just added one of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century

    Prime Video has just added one of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century

    The film was recently removed from Netflix but has found a new streaming home. After its surprise recent removal from Netflix, the brilliant sci-fi thriller Annihilation has just been added to Prime Video. Written and directed by Alex Garland (Civil War, the currently in cinemas Warfare), the movie stars Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has just added one of the best Western movies of the 21st century

    Prime Video has just added one of the best Western movies of the 21st century

    Be warned though, this sadly underseen Western with an Irish twist is not for the faint-hearted. Prime Video has just added The Nightingale, the 2018 Western thriller movie starring Irish actress Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil). In the film, she delivers a phenomenal performance as a young Irish convict named Clare in 19th-century Australia who […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best TV shows ever is getting a new streaming home

    One of the best TV shows ever is getting a new streaming home

    ‘That show you like is going to come back into style.’ Twin Peaks, the seminal mystery horror-drama show that ran for three seasons between 1990 and 2017, will be getting a new streaming home courtesy of the service Mubi. Created by the late and great David Lynch, alongside Mark Frost, the series takes place in […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 43

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 43

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 43rd 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 Mad Max 3: Beyond […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to drop 2025’s best and most ‘brutal, primal’ action movie

    Netflix is about to drop 2025’s best and most ‘brutal, primal’ action movie

    JOE spoke to the film’s star Tom Hardy, as well as its writer and director. This week, Netflix will be releasing Havoc – the new action crime thriller from writer-director Gareth Evans and star Tom Hardy. Hardy plays Walker in the movie, a cop battling personal demons. In the wake of a drug deal gone […]

    1 year ago

  • An underseen mystery crime thriller movie is on TV tonight

    An underseen mystery crime thriller movie is on TV tonight

    The film was directed by and stars a Hollywood legend. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 23 April) is True Crime, the 1999 mystery crime thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven). Based on Andrew Klavan’s 1995 novel, the film sees Eastwood play Steve Everett, a womanising journalist and recovering alcoholic. “A chance […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 442

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 442

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 442 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

  • One of the best Western movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best Western movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    Starring a legend of the genre, the film is currently unavailable to stream. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 22 April) is Open Range, the 2003 revisionist Western directed by and starring Kevin Costner. Based on the novel The Open Range Men, the film is set in the 19th century. It centres around Boss […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 441

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 441

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 441 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

  • An excellent new crime series is now available to stream at home

    An excellent new crime series is now available to stream at home

    Its first four episodes are streaming now. Apple TV+ has just added Government Cheese, a very fun new crime comedy series starring David Oyelowo (Silo). Set in ’60s Los Angeles, the show sees Oyelowo play Hampton, a man who begins the story in prison for forging cheques. In jail, the petty criminal finds religion, as […]

    1 year ago

  • A tense thriller movie with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes is streaming on Netflix now

    A tense thriller movie with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes is streaming on Netflix now

    The unpredictable thriller film deserves a much bigger audience. This week on JOE’s Film Club Classics, we’re recommending The Block Island Sound – an inventive 2020 indie thriller streaming on Netflix now that accomplishes a lot with very little. The breakthrough movie of the writing-directing duo Kevin and Matthew McManus (whose upcoming thriller Redux Redux […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best and craziest movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best and craziest movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    The film has a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, but be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 19 April) is Titane, the 2021 French psychological horror drama that is easily one of the best films of the decade so far. Written and directed by Julia Ducournau (Raw), […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 440

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 440

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 440 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

  • One of the funnest action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the funnest action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    The film has earned comparisons to Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 18 April) is Bullet Train, the very fun Brad Pitt-led action comedy movie from 2022. Pitt in the film plays Ladybug, a notoriously unlucky assassin who is determined to complete his latest assignment in Japan peacefully after […]

    1 year ago