The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 528, 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 […]

5 months ago

Holding an 83% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was a surprise hit with critics upon release. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 4 November) is Copshop, the 2021 action thriller from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey, Narc, Smokin’ Aces). The film tells the story of a wily con artist (Frank Grillo, Peacemaker) who, […]

5 months ago

It holds a 96% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Where the Crawdads Sing, the 2022 murder mystery movie that was a big box office hit, is airing on TV tonight (Monday, 3 November). Based on the hit novel of the same name by Delia Owens, the film tells the story of Kya (Normal People’s Daisy […]

5 months ago

The cult thriller film stars an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 November) is Law Abiding Citizen, the 2009 vigilante action thriller. The film stars Gerard Butler (How to Train Your Dragon) as Clyde Shelton, a loving husband and father with a mysterious past, whose wife and daughter are murdered in […]

5 months ago

A film that deserves a bigger audience, it’s a must-see for avid horror, thriller or true crime watchers. If you’re looking for something scary that is not quite the type of full-on horror movie you probably watched loads of in the run-up to Halloween, may we recommend the new mystery thriller Strange Harvest. Written and […]

5 months ago

Two people’s weekend got off to a great start. Two Irish players won big in the EuroMillions draw that took place on Halloween night. The National Lottery has revealed that a player in Waterford won €405,711 after matching five numbers and one lucky star. Their winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on the day of […]

5 months ago

The Irish claustrophobic thriller stars a two-time Oscar winner. Bugonia, one of JOE’s favourite thriller movies of 2025, is finally available to watch now in cinemas. Partly funded by Irish production company Element Pictures, the film is a reunion of two-time Oscar-winner Emma Stone (La La Land, Poor Things) and director Yorgos Lanthimos (The Favourite, […]

5 months ago

Very sad news. Tchéky Karyo, the French actor known for his work in Hollywood blockbusters and for starring in several BBC thriller shows, has died. In a statement, the actor’s wife and children told the news agency AFP that he had “succumbed to cancer this Friday, October 31”. The performer was 72. Born in Turkey […]

5 months ago

Here’s the weather you can expect if you go out trick-or-treating. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow thunderstorm warning for six counties, which will take effect on Halloween night. The alert applies to Carlow, Cork, Kilkenny, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow and will be valid from 7pm until 10pm on Friday, 31 October. It reads: […]

5 months ago

The film stars a Hollywood legend subverting his hero image on screen. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 31 October) is The Far Country, the 1955 Western starring Hollywood icon James Stewart (It’s a Wonderful Life, Rear Window, Vertigo). Set at the height of the Klondike Gold Rush in 1896, the film follows cowboy […]

5 months ago

The Oscar-winning film is truly an unforgettable watch. The Substance, the brilliantly bonkers body horror satire, is newly available to stream through Paramount+. The Oscar-winning film is the sophomore effort of visionary writer-director Coralie Fargeat (we here at JOE are huge fans of her debut action flick, Revenge). Her latest movie is headlined by Hollywood […]

5 months ago

The original is also now streaming on Disney+. The new remake of the hit psychological thriller movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle has just been added to Disney+. The original film was released in 1992 and stars Rebecca De Mornay as a vengeful woman who poses as a nanny. This is so that she […]

5 months ago

JOE are big fans of the new star-studded Netflix thriller currently causing a stir on social media. A House of Dynamite, the incredibly gripping and stressful new thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty), has become a big hit on Netflix. The movie follows the various sections of the United […]

5 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 70th 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 Texas Chainsaw Massacre […]

5 months ago

The Western gave a future Hollywood legend and Oscar-winner one of his earliest major roles. The Shooting, the cult classic ’60s Western starring future Oscar-winner Jack Nicholson, is airing on TV today (Thursday, 30 October). Written by Carole Eastman (Five Easy Pieces) and directed by Monte Hellman (Two-Lane Blacktop), the film is set in the […]

5 months ago

The classic film has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 30 October) 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 […]

5 months ago

“So violent that it could even make Quentin Tarantino say: ‘Dude, you might want to dial it back a notch or three.’” A “bonkers” action comedy flick that is splitting viewers right down the middle has just been added to Prime Video. The movie is titled Boy Kills World and stars Bill Skarsgård (Barbarian, Nosferatu) […]

5 months ago

Several real-life heists inspired the film. The Mastermind, a new and unique take on the heist genre starring Josh O’Connor, is available to watch in cinemas now. Set in the US in 1970, the movie follows James Blaine ‘J.B.’ Mooney (O’Connor – Challengers, The Crown), an unemployed family man and amateur art lover who sets […]

5 months ago

This is your rare chance to check out the Irish film gem set nearly entirely on a rural farm. Isolation, the excellent 2005 Irish horror thriller, is airing on TV tonight (Wednesday, 29 October). The movie follows Dan (John Lynch – The Fall, Some Mother’s Son), a cash-strapped farmer in rural Ireland, who accepts money […]

5 months ago

Described as ‘Alan Partridge by way of The Exorcist’, the film is a perfect pre-Halloween watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 29 October) is Late Night with the Devil, the terrific 2024 horror thriller. The film stars an excellent David Dastmalchian (The Dark Knight, Dune, Murderbot) as Jack Delroy, the host of a […]

5 months ago

The film comes from the Oscar-nominated filmmaker behind All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave. Netflix has just added Ballad of a Small Player, the latest movie starring Irish Oscar-nominee Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin). Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne (The Forgiven), the film sees the […]

5 months ago

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), is now streaming at home. Available to watch through the service NOW, the film boasts a lengthy but fitting […]

5 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 69th 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 Saw Magic Dead Silence […]

5 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: The Golden Globe nominee told JOE that the movie is ‘beautiful and powerful’ and that he does an Irish accent in the film. Hunger Games and Peaky Blinders star Sam Claflin has told JOE about an as-of-yet secret movie that he filmed in Dublin. JOE was speaking to the Golden Globe nominee (for his […]

5 months ago

The actor told JOE that though the sequel had been ‘tied up in legalities’, he believes it will be coming out ‘pretty soon’. Wind River: The Next Chapter, the sequel to the 2017 crime mystery thriller Wind River, has just gotten an exciting update from its star, Jason Clarke. The original film was written and […]

5 months ago

It’s a cult classic, even if it’s definitely not for the squeamish. Bone Tomahawk, the incredible 2015 Western thriller movie, is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 18 October). The film stars Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), Matthew Fox (Lost), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) and Richard Jenkins (Burn After Reading) as men of the Old West […]

5 months ago

The film is from the writer of Intermission. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 18 October) is The Delinquent Season, the feature directorial debut of acclaimed Irish writer Mark O’Rowe (Intermission, Normal People). The 2017 drama tells the story of two married couples in Dublin. These are Danielle (Eva Birthistle, Bad Sisters) and Jim […]

5 months ago

Releasing in just a few days, JOE caught up with the creators and stars of the buzzy new series. Harlan Coben is not just one of the biggest names in crime fiction; he is also one of the biggest names in TV, thanks to his smash hit mystery thriller shows like Fool Me Once, Safe […]

5 months 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 527, 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 […]

5 months ago

The film has a great cast and a cool setting. Forgive Us All, a solid new post-apocalyptic Western movie, has just been made available to rent at home. Hailing from New Zealand, the film is set in a world where a biotech virus is transforming humans into zombie-like cannibals that roam the land hunting for […]

5 months ago

Nine counties have been hit with weather warnings, with two counties being issued a Status Orange alert. Met Éireann has just issued a Status Orange rain warning for Cork and Waterford, which is set to take effect this weekend. Valid from 8pm on Saturday (18 October) until 5am on Sunday, the alert is for “heavy […]

5 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: The Oscar-winner revealed to JOE when she believes filming will begin on the third season. Patricia Arquette, Oscar-winner and star of Severance, has revealed to JOE when she believes the third season of the hit Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller will start shooting. Arquette plays Harmony Cobel in the series, who began the story as […]

6 months ago

It was the first Western directed by a legend of the genre. High Plains Drifter, the classic 1973 Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 17 October). In the movie, Eastwood plays a gunslinging drifter with no name who wanders into the small Old West town of Lago. At […]

6 months ago

Starring an Oscar-winner, the film is also streaming on Netflix. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 17 October) is Joyride, the 2022 Irish comedy drama starring Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite). Written by Ailbhe Keogan (Bad Sisters, the upcoming Trespasses) and directed by the acclaimed Emer Reynolds (The Farthest), the film revolves around a […]

6 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 68th 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 One Battle After Another […]

6 months 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 526, 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 […]

6 months ago

If you miss it on TV, the film is also currently streaming on Netflix. Our TV movie pick for today (Thursday, 16 October) is Silverado, the star-studded Western from 1985. Set in the Old West, the film sees rambling man Emmett (Scott Glenn) assemble a group of misfit cowboys (played by Danny Glover, Kevin Cline […]

6 months ago

Starring an Oscar-winner, the first three episodes of the series are streaming now. Disney+ has just added Murdaugh: Death in the Family, an excellent new true crime drama starring Oscar-winner Patricia Arquette (Severance), alongside Jason Clarke (Oppenheimer). Inspired by the Murdaugh Murders Podcast, the series begins with Alex Murdaugh (an unrecognisable Clarke) calling the police […]

6 months ago

A follow-up to a hit 2021 supernatural thriller, we believe the sequel is even better. After months of anticipation, Black Phone 2 is finally landing in cinemas this week, and we believe this is one of those rare cases where the sequel is better than the original. The first Black Phone was co-written and directed […]

6 months 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 525, 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 […]

6 months ago

You may have never seen the film, but you have definitely heard its score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 15 October) is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, arguably the greatest Western of all time. The film follows three gunslingers (played by Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef) as they […]

6 months ago

‘We should definitely do that, definitely.’ Author Harlan Coben and his TV writing partner Danny Brocklehurst have told JOE that they would “love” to set a mystery series in Ireland. Having made hits like Fool Me Once, Safe and The Stranger on Netflix, the pair have worked together on another new show called Lazarus, which […]

6 months ago

Speaking to JOE recently, Gillian Anderson described the series as a ‘passion project’ very close to her heart. Channel 4 has released the first trailer for Trespasses, its new Ireland-set thriller drama series starring Gillian Anderson (The Fall) and Lola Petticrew (Say Nothing). Based on a novel by Louise Kennedy, the show takes place in […]

6 months ago

The film stars two Oscar-winners, along with one of Ireland’s best actresses. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 14 October) is Ad Astra, the beautiful if underseen 2019 sci-fi co-written and directed by James Gray (Armageddon Time, We Own the Night). Set in the early 22nd century, the film sees Oscar-winner Brad Pitt (Once […]

6 months 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 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 […]

6 months ago

It is based on a bestselling novel. Netflix has just added The Woman in Cabin 10, a star-studded film adaptation of the bestselling psychological thriller novel by Ruth Ware. The movie stars Oscar-nominee Keira Knightley (Black Doves, Pride & Prejudice) as Lo Blacklock, a journalist who sets sail on the maiden voyage of the new […]

6 months ago

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 […]

6 months 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 523, 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 […]

6 months ago

Starring an Oscar-nominee like you’d never seen him before, the film is from the director of The Gorge and Sinister. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 11 October) is The Black Phone, the incredibly tense 2021 horror thriller from co-writer and director Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange, The Gorge, Sinister). Based on a short story […]

6 months ago

Having already sparked plenty of buzz on the festival circuit, it’s a film that puts a cool new spin on a classic story. After months of hype from the film festival circuit, the incredibly inventive horror thriller Good Boy has finally been released in cinemas. Co-written and directed by Ben Leonberg in his feature debut, […]

6 months ago