Stephen Porzio

Quentin Tarantino has hailed it as “one of the greatest Westerns of the ’70s”. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 10 June) is Ulzana’s Raid, the 1972 Western war film from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard). Based loosely on true events, the film is set in the 1880s and follows […]

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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 466 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 ‘darkly comedic’ Ireland-set show also comes from the producers of Kin. BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ have greenlit two six-part seasons of a new, “darkly comedic” Ireland-set crime drama, which will re-team actor Aidan Gillen with Love/Hate writer Stuart Carolan. Titled Tall Tales & Murder, the show was co-created by Carolan and director Chris […]

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It’s absolutely not for the faint of heart, however. Prime Video has just added Brimstone, the incredibly gripping if very disturbing 2016 Western movie starring Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist). Written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Martin Koolhoven (Winter in Wartime), the film is set in the Old West and […]

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There could be spot flooding and lightning damage in the counties impacted. Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow thunderstorm warnings for five counties, which have already taken effect. The alerts apply to Carlow, Kilkenny, Tipperary, Waterford and Wexford and are scheduled to last until 6pm on Saturday (7 June). The warnings read: “Scattered thunderstorms today […]

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Reports by several major media outlets had claimed that the hugely popular music festival, due to take place next week, had been cancelled. In a new statement to JOE, the organisers of Beyond the Pale have denied reports that the festival has been cancelled. Several media publications reported today (Saturday, 7 June) that this year’s […]

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 465 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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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 […]

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 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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