Stephen Porzio

The film won five Oscars, including in the Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor categories. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 3 September) is The Deer Hunter, the powerful 1978 epic war drama from director Michael Cimino (Heaven’s Gate, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot). The film begins in 1968 and follows Michael (Robert De Niro), Nick […]

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A modern spin on Assault on Precinct 13, the film features a Peaky Blinders star in one of the lead roles. Prime Video has just added Green Room to its service, the incredible 2015 indie thriller from writer-director Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Rebel Ridge). The film stars the late and great Anton Yelchin (Fright Night) […]

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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 501, 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 is also streaming on Disney+. Our TV movie pick for today (Tuesday, 2 September) is The Day the Earth Stood Still, the 2008 sci-fi remake starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix). In the reimagining of the 1951 classic, Reeves plays Klaatu, an alien representative for a group of planetary civilisations that comes to Earth. […]

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The underseen gem comes from the writer of Adam & Paul and boasts a brilliant lead turn from a Love/Hate star. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 30 August) is Rialto, the powerful 2019 Irish drama starring Tom Vaughan-Lawlor (Love/Hate). Directed by Peter Mackie Burns (Daphne) and written by Mark O’Halloran (Adam & Paul, […]

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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 500, 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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A spin-off of a previous Prime Video hit, the show is earning surprisingly strong reviews. Prime Video has just added The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, a spin-off to its hit 2022 action thriller series The Terminal List. Based on Alan Carr’s 2018 novel of the same name, the original show starred Chris Pratt (Guardians of […]

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Directed by an Irish filmmaker, the thriller stars an Oscar-winner, alongside another famed actor in one of his final roles. The Surfer, the absolutely brilliant 2025 thriller from Irish filmmaker Lorcan Finnegan (Nocebo, Vivarium), has been made available to watch at home. Newly streaming via NOW, the movie sees Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) […]

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Coming from the creator of Yellowstone and 1883, the Western thriller features an Oscar-winner and one of the stars of Love/Hate. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 29 August) is Those Who Wish Me Dead, the 2021 Western thriller from co-writer and director Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone, 1883). Based on the novel of the same […]

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The second season of the hit action series currently holds a near-perfect 99% Rotten Tomatoes score. The second season of Peacemaker, one of the funnest shows of recent years, has been made available to stream via NOW. Created and written by James Gunn (the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, Superman) – who also directs several […]

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From the director of Nosferatu, the film – which was shot in Northern Ireland – holds a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just added The Northman, the 2022 Viking movie, which we think is one of the very best action movies of the decade so far. Co-written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Robert Eggers […]

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The classic film has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 28 August) is Pale Rider, the legendary Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars, Dirty Harry). Released in 1985, the film sees Eastwood play an enigmatic man named Preacher. He arrives in a town […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 61st 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 Lost Boys Hook […]

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The film’s vibe has been described as being like ‘if Denis Villeneuve made The Hills Have Eyes’. Prime Video has just added The Seeding, a dark and gripping 2023 horror thriller that deserves a bigger audience. The feature debut of accomplished music video director Barnaby Clay (who’s made promos for Take That, TV on the […]

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This underrated thriller deserves a bigger audience. Still, an underrated and gripping movie starring Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin), is available to stream at home now. First released in 2014, the neo-noir thriller drama sees the Irish actor play Tom Carver, a divorced photographer in London grieving the loss of his teenage son, who was killed […]

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Yes, it is that time. Quelle surprise, another Friday. Us, back together, for 25 more JOE Friday Pub Quiz questions.

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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 499, 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 60th 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 Suicide Squad Suicide […]

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

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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 498, 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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Not for the faint of heart, we’d say it is one of 2025’s scariest yet funniest films. The Monkey, one of 2025’s scariest yet funniest movies, has been newly added to Prime Video. The comedy horror thriller comes from a trilogy of horror masters. Not only is The Monkey based on the short story of […]

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The film comes from the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 19 August) is Rules of Engagement, the 2000 war legal thriller. Directed by legendary filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in LA), the film stars Oscar-nominee Samuel L. Jackson […]

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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 497, 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 drama earned five nominations at the 2024 IFTAs, including in the Best Irish Film category. Verdigris, the acclaimed 2023 Irish drama film, will have its Irish TV premiere tonight (Saturday, 16 August). The feature debut of writer-director Patricia Kelly, the movie stars Geraldine McAlinden (Aisha, The Last Rifleman) as Marian, a 65-year-old in a […]

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