Stephen Porzio

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 472, 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 also has one of the best final scenes in recent memory. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 19 June) is Nightmare Alley, the excellent 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water). It is based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the […]

1 year ago

The record-breaking EuroMillions winner has 90 days to claim their prize. The National Lottery has confirmed that the winning ticket for last night’s extraordinary €250,000,000 EuroMillions jackpot was purchased in-store in the Munster region. The punter has made history with the prize, becoming the highest-ever winner of an Irish National Lottery game. Taking place on […]

1 year ago

Already earning comparisons to Big Little Lies, Succession and The White Lotus, all eight episodes of the show are streaming now. Prime Video has just added to its service We Were Liars, a new mystery psychological thriller adapted from the acclaimed 2014 young adult novel by E. Lockhart. The series follows the wealthy Sinclair family, […]

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 471, 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 lucky player has become Ireland’s highest-ever National Lottery winner and has been issued advice on what to do next. One lucky EuroMillions player in Ireland has scooped the whopping €250,000,000 jackpot in the latest EuroMillions draw. The punter has made history with the prize, becoming the highest-ever winner of an Irish National Lottery game. […]

1 year ago

It’s maybe the funniest Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 17 June) is The Guard, the feature directorial debut of John Michael McDonagh (Calvary, War on Everyone). The crime comedy film sees Brendan Gleeson play Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a crass and confrontational cop working in a sleepy town in Connemara. Disinterested […]

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The real-time war film is based on true events. Prime Video has just added Warfare to its service, the extremely tense and harrowing action war thriller from director Alex Garland (Annihilation, Civil War). Garland co-wrote and co-directed the movie alongside Ray Mendoza, a former US Navy SEAL turned military technical advisor on Hollywood projects. 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 470, 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 82% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was produced by J.J. Abrams. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 14 June) 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, the film centres around a […]

1 year ago

In a new update, the People Before Profit TD said that he and the group he was detained with have been released, but that the Egyptian police still have their phones. People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy has said he has been released, after he and a group of other people were detained in Egypt […]

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Another Irish classic is airing on TV this evening. After recommending The Banshees of Inisherin yesterday, our TV movie pick for tonight is 1997’s The Butcher Boy. This is the excellent adaptation by director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Michael Collins) of the novel by Patrick McCabe (Breakfast on Pluto). The film tells the story […]

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Holding a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, the modern horror classic is being taken off the service early next month. Netflix has confirmed that The Babadook, one of the best horror movies of the 21st century, will be leaving the service early in July. The feature debut of writer-director Jennifer Kent (whose follow-up, The Nightingale, we’ve […]

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 468, 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 comedy-drama was nominated for nine Academy Awards, making it the most Oscar-nominated Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 12 June) is 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 […]

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Based on a classic novel, the film’s ensemble cast includes Colin Firth, Stephen Graham and Tom Hardy. Netflix is about to remove Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy from its service, the star-studded 2011 version of John le Carré’s classic spy thriller novel. Set in 1970s England, the film sees the head of MI6, Control (John Hurt), […]

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 467, 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

‘What is most surprising about the horror thriller is what a bona fide crowdpleaser it manages to be.’ Once in a while, a movie comes along with such an ingenious central premise that you have to imagine the screenwriter popped a bottle of champagne when he thought of the idea. Such is the case with […]

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The trailer for the drama has hit the web ahead of its world premiere next month. The Galway Film Fleadh is taking place next month, and one of the buzziest titles of the announced line-up is Sunphlowers, a new drama starring Patrick Bergin (Sleeping with the Enemy). The film follows Catherine (Anne McCrudden), a woman […]

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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 […]

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 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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