Stephen Porzio

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 49th 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 Leave the World Behind […]

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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 464 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 new film comes from the creator of Peep Show and Succession. Mountainhead, a new comedy thriller from writer-director Jesse Armstrong (creator of Peep Show and Succession), has been made available to watch at home via NOW and Sky. Armstrong’s feature directorial debut and his immediate follow-up to the smash-hit show Succession, the film revolves […]

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 463 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 Dublin Fire Brigade and Gardaí have issued statements about the fire. Popular Dublin city centre restaurant Alfie’s, located on 10 South William Street, was damaged by a fire that broke out over the Bank Holiday weekend. In a statement on Twitter on Tuesday morning (3 June), the Dublin Fire Brigade posted an image of […]

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‘Domhnall’s fantastic, and he was also sort of my rock in LA because it’s quite a scary place,’ comedian Tim Key told JOE in a new interview. One of this year’s most exciting TV shows is undoubtedly The Paper, the upcoming spin-off of The US Office starring Ireland’s own Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Star Wars). […]

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The show has been called the ‘best law enforcement mystery since Mare of Easttown’. Netflix has just released Dept. Q, a brilliant and twisty new crime thriller series set in Scotland. Based on the beloved Department Q book series by Jussi Adler-Olsen, the show follows DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, Watchmen), a sarcastic and troubled […]

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 462 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

You may have never seen the film, but you have definitely heard the score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 31 May) is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, arguably the greatest Western of all time. The story follows three gunslingers (Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef) as they compete to […]

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The film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 30 May) is The Power of the Dog, the Oscar-winning Western 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 name by Thomas Savage, the […]

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Holding an 83% Rotten Tomatoes score, the ongoing show has a strong Irish connection. The two seasons of Billy the Kid, the epic Western series created by Michael Hirst (Vikings), are now available to stream at home. Accessible via MGM+, the show features rising star Tom Blyth (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & […]

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Holding a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was the first Western directed by a legend of the genre. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 29 May) is High Plains Drifter, the legendary 1973 Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. In the movie, Eastwood plays a gunslinging drifter with no name 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 461 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 48th 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 Tragedy of Macbeth […]

1 year ago

If you like horror and/or thrillers, it is a must-watch. The first three seasons of Channel Zero, one of the best horror shows of the past 10 years, have been made available to stream on Prime Video. Created by Nick Antosca (Brand New Cherry Flavor, Candy), the anthology series tells a different story inspired by […]

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 460 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 feels like a spiritual sequel to Fatal Attraction. Our TV movie pick for tonight (28 May) is Unfaithful, the excellent 2002 thriller drama from legendary director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Jacob’s Ladder). The film stars Diane Lane in an Oscar-nominated performance as Connie, a married woman and mother who embarks on a steamy […]

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A massive box-office hit and a Best Picture Oscar nominee, the film even introduced a new phrase into the public lexicon. Fatal Attraction, one of the most famous thriller movies of all time, is about to be removed from Netflix. Released in 1987, the film centres around a man named Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) with […]

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 459 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’re happy with where it is. As a one-season, it worked,’ its creator told JOE. The creator of Virgin Media Television’s 2019 crime thriller Darklands has confirmed that the show will not be returning for a second season. Darklands starred Dane Whyte O’Hara as a young MMA fighter who dreams of escaping his tough neighbourhood […]

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The soon-to-be rebooted thriller is fronted by an Oscar-winner and features a starry supporting cast. Netflix is about to remove Dark Places, the 2015 mystery thriller movie based on the 2009 novel of the same name by author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects). The film centres around a woman named Libby Day (Oscar-winner Charlize […]

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What an achievement! A 36-year-old man in Australia has opened up about how he managed to buy a two-bedroom house using money he garnered from recycling bottles and cans. This is as he deposited them into his local container return scheme. Damian Gordon of New South Wales (NSW) told his story to Australian publication That’s […]

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Directed by a duo who worked on the hit crime drama Kin, the film has a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Rose Plays Julie, the excellent 2019 Irish thriller drama movie, is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 24 May). Written and directed by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (Baltimore, Kin), the film centres on a […]

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The film should appeal to fans of 28 Days Later. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Retreat, the excellent if slightly forgotten 2011 Cillian Murphy-starring thriller. The film sees Murphy and Thandiwe Newton (Line of Duty, Westworld) play a married couple, Martin and Kate, whose relationship has become tense in the wake of Kate […]

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 458 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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Some have even called it one of the best movies of the past 25 years. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Mission: Impossible – Fallout, the sixth and best entry in the ongoing Mission: Impossible film series. The action spy sequel sees Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his Impossible Missions Force (IMF) team join […]

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The five-episode show features an Oscar winner in one of the lead roles. Netflix has just added Sirens, a star-studded new darkly comic thriller show from creator Molly Smith Metzler (Maid). Based on an earlier play by Metzler, the limited series stars Meghann Fahy (The White Lotus) as Devon, a working-class woman caring for her […]

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Some have argued that it’s also the best film featuring its lead superhero ever. Netflix is about to remove The Batman from its service, which is – for our money – the best superhero movie of the 2020s so far. The 2022 film saw Robert Pattinson step into the shoes of billionaire Bruce Wayne, with […]

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The film is a sequel to a modern cult classic. This week on JOE’s Film Club Classics, we’re recommending Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, the sequel to the 2018 heist action thriller Den of Thieves. This is because the follow-up was recently added to Prime Video. For those not aware of the Den of Thieves […]

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 457 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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