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 great war action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A great war action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    Produced by J.J. Abrams, the film holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 12 September) is Overlord, the acclaimed 2018 action war thriller. Directed by Julius Avery (The Pope’s Exorcist) and produced by J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield), the film is set towards the end of World War II. Its story […]

    10 months ago

  • Popular Dublin cinema to close for 12 days next month

    Popular Dublin cinema to close for 12 days next month

    In October, the cinema will be open only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays each week due to extensive renovation works aimed at upgrading the movie house. Dublin cinema Omniplex Rathmines has said that it will be open only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays during October. The popular multiplex announced the closure dates to MyOmniPass members […]

    10 months ago

  • A darkly fun new thriller movie is available to watch now

    A darkly fun new thriller movie is available to watch now

    We expect this to become a rewatchable cult classic. Caught Stealing, a darkly fun new thriller filled with huge stars, is available to watch in cinemas now. Based on the novel of the same name by Charlie Huston, who also penned the script for the movie adaptation, the film is set in New York City […]

    10 months ago

  • A classic war movie is airing on TV tonight

    A classic war movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film depicts real-life events, which were later retold in a modern hit blockbuster. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 11 September) is Dunkirk, the 1958 World War II epic. The film follows a group of British soldiers led by Corporal ‘Tubby’ Bins (John Mills, Ryan’s Daughter) who are stranded in France and must […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 507

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 507

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 507, 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 […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 63

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 63

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 63rd 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 28 Weeks Later 28 […]

    10 months ago

  • Prime Video has just added a new twisty thriller series with a great cast

    Prime Video has just added a new twisty thriller series with a great cast

    Featuring two huge stars, the show has a whopping 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. Prime Video has just added The Girlfriend, a new psychological thriller series starring Olivia Cooke (House of the Dragon) and Robin Wright (House of Cards), which is earning great reviews. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Michelle Frances, […]

    10 months ago

  • ‘The best crime thriller of the year’ is finally available to stream at home now

    ‘The best crime thriller of the year’ is finally available to stream at home now

    Coming from the writer of Mare of Easttown, the ‘must-see’ show stars two major Irish actors. Task, the acclaimed new crime thriller show from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby, has just been made available to watch. Streaming via Sky and NOW, the limited series sees Ingelsby returning to Philadelphia, which was where his brilliant […]

    10 months ago

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

    A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    A retelling of the story of Billy the Kid, the film was recently added to Netflix as well. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 10 September) 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 […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 506

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 506

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 506, 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 […]

    10 months ago

  • A fun new thriller movie is available to watch at home now

    A fun new thriller movie is available to watch at home now

    Margot Robbie produced the film, which also comes from the writer of Cocaine Bear. Borderline, a fun new comedy thriller movie with a lot of great talent involved, is now available to rent at home. Executive produced by Margot Robbie (Barbie, Saltburn), the film is the directorial debut of Cocaine Bear writer Jimmy Warden. The […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 505

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 505

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 505, 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 […]

    10 months ago

  • A stylish and twisty sci-fi movie is airing on TV tonight

    A stylish and twisty sci-fi movie is airing on TV tonight

    The filmmaker behind Event Horizon produced the movie. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 9 September) is Pandorum, a 2009 sci-fi horror thriller starring Ben Foster (Sharp Corner) and Dennis Quaid (The Substance). The film centres on two astronauts, Payton (Quaid) and Bower (Foster), who awake in a hypersleep chamber on a spaceship with […]

    10 months ago

  • An extremely tense psychological thriller movie is available to watch now

    An extremely tense psychological thriller movie is available to watch now

    The film makes for a tough but mostly powerful watch. The Cut, the tense new psychological thriller starring Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) as an Irish boxer, is now available to watch in cinemas. Directed by Sean Ellis (the Cillian Murphy and Jamie Dornan-starring Anthropoid), the movie begins with Bloom as a retired fighter, […]

    10 months ago

  • Love/Hate and Kin star’s tense 2025 Irish thriller is finally streaming at home now

    Love/Hate and Kin star’s tense 2025 Irish thriller is finally streaming at home now

    The crime thriller comes from the director of Cardboard Gangsters. Amongst the Wolves, the tense 2025 Irish thriller movie starring Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin), has finally landed on a streaming service. Available to watch via NOW, the film arrived in Irish cinemas on 2 May before getting a UK digital release a month later. It […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 504

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 504

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 504, 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 […]

    10 months ago

  • A new Denzel Washington thriller with 88% on Rotten Tomatoes is streaming now

    A new Denzel Washington thriller with 88% on Rotten Tomatoes is streaming now

    The crime thriller sees him reuniting with his Inside Man and Malcolm X director Spike Lee. Highest 2 Lowest, the new crime thriller from director Spike Lee and star Denzel Washington (Inside Man, Malcolm X), is finally available to watch at home. Streaming via Apple TV+, the movie is a remake of the ’60s Japanese […]

    10 months ago

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

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

    Holding a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score, the one-of-a-kind film stars an A-list actress. Reality, one of JOE’s favourite true crime drama movies of recent years, is airing on TV tonight (Thursday, 4 September). The 2023 film stars Sydney Sweeney (Anyone But You) as Reality Winner, a former American intelligence specialist. On 3 June 2017, at […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 62

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 62

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 62nd 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 Longlegs The Monkey Gretel […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 502

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 502

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 502, 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 […]

    10 months ago

  • One of the best war movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    One of the best war movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    10 months ago

  • Prime Video has just added one of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years

    Prime Video has just added one of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years

    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) […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 501

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 501

    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 […]

    10 months ago

  • A remake of a sci-fi classic is one of the movies on TV this evening

    A remake of a sci-fi classic is one of the movies on TV this evening

    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. […]

    10 months ago

  • An excellent Irish movie with 95% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

    An excellent Irish movie with 95% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

    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, […]

    10 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 500

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 500

    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 […]

    10 months ago

  • Prime Video has just added a big new action thriller series

    Prime Video has just added a big new action thriller series

    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 […]

    10 months ago

  • One of 2025’s best thriller movies is finally available to stream at home

    One of 2025’s best thriller movies is finally available to stream at home

    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) […]

    10 months ago

  • A brilliant Western thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A brilliant Western thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    10 months ago