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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  • One of 2025’s funnest action movies is finally available to stream at home

    One of 2025’s funnest action movies is finally available to stream at home

    The film has been described as a throwback to the action flicks of the late ’80s and early ’90s. Novocaine, the very fun 2025 action movie starring Jack Quaid (The Boys, Companion), has just been made available to stream at home. Accessible to watch through both NOW and Paramount+, the film sees the on-the-rise actor […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 516

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 516

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 516, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • A cult classic Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    A cult classic Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    The Western gave a future Hollywood legend and Oscar-winner one of his earliest major roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 27 September) is The Shooting, the cult classic ’60s Western starring future Oscar-winner Jack Nicholson (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest). Written by Carole Eastman (Five Easy Pieces) and directed by Monte Hellman […]

    9 months ago

  • A powerful new Irish movie is available to watch from today

    A powerful new Irish movie is available to watch from today

    This is a film that could bring a tear to your eye. Fresh from its world premiere at the Galway Film Fleadh a few weeks ago, the Irish drama Sunphlowers has just landed in cinemas. The breakthrough movie for writer-director Dave Byrne, its story revolves around Catherine (a fiercely likeable Anne McCrudden), a woman in […]

    9 months ago

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

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

    Thanks to its great cast and surprisingly funny script, the film feels like a cult favourite in the making. A new and very fun dark comedy thriller movie, starring acting legend Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Reservoir Dogs), has just been made available to rent at home. The film boasts a long but fitting title: Psycho Therapy: […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix has just added one of the biggest Irish shows ever

    Netflix has just added one of the biggest Irish shows ever

    We believe it’s well worth seeking out. Netflix has just released House of Guinness, a new series which is undoubtedly one of the biggest Irish shows ever made. Boasting a huge ensemble cast and created by Steven Knight (the maker of Peaky Blinders), the epic drama’s opening titles state that it is “a fiction inspired […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 515

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 515

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 515, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • One of the best thriller shows on TV is back with a new season

    One of the best thriller shows on TV is back with a new season

    Reviewers are saying the series is unusual as it is a long-running show ‘that hasn’t had a drop-off in quality’. The fifth season of Slow Horses, which is undisputedly one of the best shows currently on TV, has just premiered on Apple TV+. Based on novels by British writer Mick Herron, the darkly comic spy […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 514

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 514

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 514, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 65

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 65

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 65th 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 Superman (2025) Shazam! The […]

    9 months ago

  • One of the best thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    Playing out like a heist movie, the film has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 24 September) is How to Blow Up a Pipeline, the brilliant 2022 indie thriller from director Daniel Goldhaber (Cam, the upcoming Faces of Death remake). Inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix’s dark new thriller with A-list cast gets exciting update from star

    Netflix’s dark new thriller with A-list cast gets exciting update from star

    The serial killer thriller is based on a best-selling novel. One of the stars of Netflix’s upcoming thriller The Whisper Man has said that the project was a “total thrill” to work on, before praising its director as “unbelievable”. Based on the best-selling mystery novel of the same name by Alex North, the movie will […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 513

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 513

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 513, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • A gripping new Irish crime drama is available to watch next week

    A gripping new Irish crime drama is available to watch next week

    The Oscar-nominated director of In the Name of the Father and My Left Foot spoke to JOE about his latest project, which has been dubbed ‘the movie they don’t want you to see’. Re-Creation: The Trial of Ian Bailey, a fascinating and gripping new Irish crime docudrama, is coming exclusively to Omniplex cinemas next week. […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix has just added a very addictive new crime thriller show

    Netflix has just added a very addictive new crime thriller show

    The series is being described as ‘The Bear meets Ozark’. Netflix has just added Black Rabbit, an addictive new crime thriller show starring Jason Bateman (Ozark) and Jude Law (The Talented Mr. Ripley). Created by Kate Susman and Zach Baylin (The Order), the limited series follows Jake (Law), a charismatic restauranteur who has spent years […]

    9 months ago

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of the decade is airing on TV tonight

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the decade is airing on TV tonight

    The sci-fi action film has earned particular praise for its imaginative vision of the future. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 20 September) is The Creator, the 2023 sci-fi epic from co-writer and director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Jurassic World Rebirth, Rogue One). The film takes place in a near future in which a nuclear […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 512

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 512

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 512, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • A captivating, stylish new Irish movie is available to watch now

    A captivating, stylish new Irish movie is available to watch now

    We think it is probably the best Dublin city has ever looked onscreen. If you’re still stuck for something fun to do this Culture Night, may we suggest seeking out the excellent new Irish independent movie Girls & Boys in cinemas, a film which boasts maybe the most gorgeous depiction of Dublin city ever put […]

    9 months ago

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

    One of the best movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    Even if you’ve never seen it, you’ve definitely heard some of the songs on its soundtrack. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 19 September) is The Graduate, the Oscar-winning ’60s comedy-drama. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Nichols (The Birdcage), the film stars a young Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) as Benjamin, a disillusioned college graduate […]

    9 months ago

  • An absolutely legendary Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    An absolutely legendary Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    We’d argue the film is one of the all-time great sequels. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 18 September) is For a Few Dollars More, the second entry in actor Clint Eastwood and director Sergio Leone’s iconic Dollars trilogy of Westerns. The 1965 film takes place in the Wild West, where a murderous outlaw […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 64

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 64

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 64th 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 Materialists Anyone But You […]

    9 months ago

  • A future cult classic movie is airing on TV tonight

    A future cult classic movie is airing on TV tonight

    While it did not fare well at the box office, the film has garnered a devoted legion of fans. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 17 September) is Babylon, the epic historical comedy-drama from Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle (La La Land, Whiplash). Set during the decadent days of early Hollywood, the film centres around […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 510

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 510

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 510, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • Prime Video has added a Western thriller that is now top of the streaming charts

    Prime Video has added a Western thriller that is now top of the streaming charts

    A modern cult favourite, Quentin Tarantino called it ‘a mesmerising, visionary achievement’. The Rover, the 2014 post-apocalyptic Western thriller starring Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) and Robert Pattinson (The Batman), is finding a second life on streaming. Since being added to Prime Video, the Australian film has climbed to the top of the JustWatch movie streaming […]

    9 months ago

  • A great Cillian Murphy thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A great Cillian Murphy thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    The Oscar-winner has said he ‘doesn’t think it’s a good movie’. We disagree. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Red Eye (Tuesday, 16 September), the excellent 2005 thriller from legendary director Wes Craven (Scream) that stars Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer). In the film, Oscar-nominee Rachel McAdams (Spotlight) plays Lisa, a hotel manager waiting to […]

    9 months ago

  • A very fun and spooky thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A very fun and spooky thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    Starring an Oscar winner, the film was partly shot in Ireland and would make for a great pre-Halloween watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 13 September) is The Pope’s Exorcist, the 2023 supernatural horror thriller starring Oscar-winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator). Directed by Julius Avery (Overlord), the film sees Crowe play Father Gabriele Amorth, […]

    9 months ago