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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  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 524

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 524

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 524, 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 […]

    8 months ago

  • Netflix has just added a very funny modern comedy movie

    Netflix has just added a very funny modern comedy movie

    Silly but hilarious, the film makes for an entertaining 90 minutes. Netflix has just added Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain, the 2023 movie from comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy (SNL). Narrated by John Goodman, the film follows Ben (Ben Marshall), John (John Higgins) and Martin (Martin Herlihy), three childhood friends turned deadbeat […]

    8 months ago

  • A new action thriller movie based on true story is climbing up streaming charts

    A new action thriller movie based on true story is climbing up streaming charts

    Starring an Oscar-winner, the film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Lost Bus, the acclaimed new Apple TV+ action thriller movie, is climbing up the streaming charts following its release last week. Directed by Paul Greengrass (the Bourne franchise, Captain Phillips), who co-wrote the script alongside Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown, Task), the film […]

    9 months ago

  • A brilliant Irish thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A brilliant Irish thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film is from the same director as the German historical drama Downfall. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 10 October) is Five Minutes of Heaven, the brilliant Irish thriller drama starring James Nesbitt (The Missing) and Liam Neeson (Michael Collins). Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel (German historical drama Downfall) and written by Guy Hibbert […]

    9 months ago

  • A dazzling new sci-fi movie is finally available to watch this week

    A dazzling new sci-fi movie is finally available to watch this week

    The film has been in the works for 10 years. Tron: Ares, the visually stunning latest entry in the Tron franchise, is arriving in cinemas this week after being 10 years in the works. A follow-up to the 1982 cult classic Tron and its hit 2010 sequel Tron: Legacy, the new story in the series […]

    9 months ago

  • A great war action thriller movie is on TV tonight

    A great war action thriller movie is on TV tonight

    Produced by J.J. Abrams, the film holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 9 October) 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 67

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 67

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 67th 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 Shining The Exorcist […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 522

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 522

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 522, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • A classic Western action movie is on TV tonight

    A classic Western action movie is on TV tonight

    The film has an absolutely star-studded cast. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 8 October) is Young Guns, the 1988 star-studded Western action film. Set in 1878 in Lincoln County, the story kicks off when John Tunstall (the late and great Terence Stamp), a British ranch owner, hires six rebellious boys as “regulators” to […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix has added a hit Western thriller series with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Netflix has added a hit Western thriller series with 100% on Rotten Tomatoes

    The series comes from producers George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford, and the creator of Jack Ryan. Netflix has added the first season of Dark Winds, the hit Western mystery thriller show. Based on the Leaphorn & Chee novel series by Tony Hillerman, the story is set in the ’70s in the American Southwest. It […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 521

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 521

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 521, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • A legendary war movie is airing on TV tonight

    A legendary war movie is airing on TV tonight

    In a recent list of the best war films ever, the movie ranked in 12th place. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 7 October) is Glory, the 1989 war film from director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai). Also coming from the writer Kevin Jarre (Tombstone), the epic is set during the American […]

    9 months ago

  • Cillian Murphy’s ‘stressful’ new movie has just been added to Netflix

    Cillian Murphy’s ‘stressful’ new movie has just been added to Netflix

    The film sees the Irish Oscar-winner reteaming with the director of Peaky Blinders and Small Things Like These. Steve, Cillian Murphy’s new movie and the Irish Oscar-winner’s latest collaboration with director Tim Mielants (Peaky Blinders, Small Things Like These), is streaming on Netflix now. The drama is based on the novella Shy by Max Porter, […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 520

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 520

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 520, 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 […]

    9 months ago

  • One of 2024’s best movies is airing on TV tonight

    One of 2024’s best movies is airing on TV tonight

    Holding an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was a word-of-mouth hit. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 4 October) is Challengers, one of 2024’s buzziest and best-reviewed films. Directed by Oscar-nominee Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash, Call Me By Your Name), it stars Josh O’Connor (The Crown), Mike Faist (West Side Story) and […]

    9 months ago

  • One of the best Western movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

    One of the best Western movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

    Holding a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars a major Irish actor. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 3 October) is Slow West, the excellent 2015 Western starring Irish Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs). The feature debut of writer-director John Maclean (who helmed this year’s Tornado), the film is set at the end […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix has just added two seasons of hit show with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Netflix has just added two seasons of hit show with 99% on Rotten Tomatoes

    The series is a new telling of the story that also inspired a classic ’90s movie. Netflix has added two seasons of the hit gothic horror show Interview with the Vampire, which is based on The Vampire Chronicles, a series of novels by author Anne Rice. Famously, Rice’s debut 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire […]

    9 months ago

  • Prime Video’s new No 1 movie is an ‘action comedy throwback’

    Prime Video’s new No 1 movie is an ‘action comedy throwback’

    The film is from the writer of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon and The Nice Guys. Play Dirty, the new action comedy from acclaimed writer and director Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Nice Guys), has rocketed to the top of the Prime Video movie chart. The movie is based on crime author Donald E. […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 471

    The JOE Friday Pub Quiz: Week 471

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • A Western movie with a starry cast is on TV tonight

    A Western movie with a starry cast is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 66

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 66

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 519

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 519

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • An excellent underseen thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    An excellent underseen thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • Disney+ has just added a new show that feels like a darker, funnier Ted Lasso

    Disney+ has just added a new show that feels like a darker, funnier Ted Lasso

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 518

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 518

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix has a new No 1 show but here’s how much it’s based on truth

    Netflix has a new No 1 show but here’s how much it’s based on truth

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • Netflix is about to add one of the best movies of the 21st century

    Netflix is about to add one of the best movies of the 21st century

    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 […]

    9 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 517

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 517

    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 […]

    9 months ago