Stephen Porzio

Your first pub quiz of the month. It’s Friday, the weekend is here, and that can only mean one thing – the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. And we’re teaming up with BOYLE Casino, where the message is simple: Back Yourself. Backing yourself is what it’s always about on the JOE Pub Quiz, having the confidence […]

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The star-studded Western is also currently streaming on Netflix. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 2 October) 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 Rio (Jake Schur) and his teenage sister, Sara (Leila […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 66th 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 Kill Bill: Vol. 1 […]

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 519, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions and three minutes to answer them, every day. You […]

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The film has a great cast, which includes the rocker Mick Jagger. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 1 October) is The Burnt Orange Heresy, an excellent but underseen crime thriller from 2019. Written by acclaimed novelist Scott Smith (A Simple Plan) and directed by Giuseppe Capotondi (Suburra: Blood on Rome), the film revolves […]

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Based on the most unlikely of sources, we think it’s a surprise delight. Disney+ has just added Chad Powers, a new sports sitcom starring Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), who co-created the series alongside Michael Waldron (writer of Loki and the upcoming Avengers: Doomsday). The rising acting star plays Russ Holliday, an extremely talented if […]

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 518, 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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Just in case you were wondering… As could be expected, House of Guinness has rocketed to the top of Netflix’s TV streaming chart in Ireland. On top of this success, the reviews of the series have been mostly glowing. We here at JOE called “lively and spirited”, adding: “Watching House of Guinness is like getting […]

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There has been a renewed interest in the film in recent months. Inside Llewyn Davis, one of the best movies of the 21st century, is about to be added to Netflix. The 2013 film follows a week in the life of Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac in his breakthrough role), a folk singer who struggles to […]

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 517, 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 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 […]

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 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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 […]

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Oscar-nominee Kirsten Sheridan (In America, Say Nothing) is making a movie about Irish rebel pirate Gráinne Ní Mháille. Irish Oscar-nominated filmmaker Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father, My Left Foot) has said he hopes that the upcoming movie about the Irish ‘Pirate Queen’ Gráinne Ní Mháille can be as big as Pirates of […]

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 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 […]

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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 […]

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 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 […]

1 year ago

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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 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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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