The 2021 film was made by one of the world’s most famous directors. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 12 November) is Last Night in Soho, the 2021 film from director Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead, the new reboot of The Running Man). The mystery horror thriller centres around Ellie, a […]

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Directed by an Oscar-winner, the film has a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score. Frankenstein, Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic sci-fi horror novel, is proving to be a hit on Netflix. Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) stars in the new movie as Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist in […]

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From the creator of the TV shows Alien: Earth and Fargo, the film stars an Oscar-winner in the lead role. Lucy in the Sky, the 2019 psychological thriller drama with Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan), is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 11 November). Loosely inspired by true events, the film stars Portman as Lucy Cola, […]

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Inspired by real events, the film has an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 11 November) is 1917, the three-time Oscar-winning war film from co-writer and director Sam Mendes (Skyfall). Set during World War I, the movie follows two young British soldiers, Will and Tom (played by George MacKay and […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 532, 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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Film fans have been demanding this for a long time. The trailer has been released for Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, a new version of Quentin Tarantino’s martial arts epic Kill Bill, which is coming to cinemas next month. Kill Bill was initially released as two volumes in 2003 and 2004. Uma Thurman (Pulp […]

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There are two big new Martin Scorsese-related projects available to watch right now. Mr. Scorsese, a fantastic five-part documentary series, is now available to stream on Apple TV+. Made in its entirety by Rebecca Miller (Maggie’s Plan), the project is described as a “film portrait” of the Oscar-winning director, renowned for movies such as The […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 531, 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 stars an Irish Oscar-nominated actress. Night Swim, the 2024 horror thriller starring Irish Oscar-nominated actress Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin, F1), has just been added to Netflix. Produced by legendary horror figures James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw) and Jason Blum (The Black Phone, Get Out), the movie sees Condon play Eve, the […]

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From the director of The Grey and Narc, the film is a true undiscovered gem. Boss Level, the very fun 2020 sci-fi action flick directed by Joe Carnahan (Copshop, Narc, The Grey), is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 8 November). Similar in story to the likes of Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, Frank Grillo […]

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Also streaming on Netflix now, the film was nominated for 10 Oscars. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 8 November) is Gangs of New York, the period gangster epic from director Martin Scorsese (Goodfellas, The Departed). Based on the 1927 non-fiction book The Gangs of New York by Herbert Asbury, the 2002 film boasts […]

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‘This is TV’s next great show, and you won’t want to miss it,’ one critic said. Pluribus, the new sci-fi series from Vince Gilligan (creator of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul), is finally streaming now on Apple TV+ and is earning rave reviews. Already being compared to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show […]

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The film sees an acting titan return to the screen for the first time in eight years. Anemone, Daniel Day-Lewis’ first movie in eight years, has just landed in cinemas after much anticipation. Co-written by the legendary actor, alongside his son and director Ronan Day-Lewis, the film begins with Jem Stoker (Sean Bean, Game of […]

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Also available on streaming now, the Western is from the same director-actor team behind Dirty Harry and Escape From Alcatraz. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 7 November) is Two Mules for Sister Sara, the beloved 1970 Western starring the legendary Clint Eastwood. Directed by Don Siegel (who Eastwood collaborated with several times, including […]

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‘What a place to have your 18th birthday!’ Elle Fanning has revealed in a new interview with JOE that she celebrated her 18th birthday in Ireland. With roles in acclaimed movies and TV shows like 20th Century Women, A Complete Unknown, The Great, The Neon Demon, Somewhere, and Super 8, the now 27-year-old American actress […]

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‘Delivers a brilliant gut-punch of an ending.’ Prime Video has just re-added Life, the excellent and very tense 2017 sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds. Set in the near future, the actors play members of a small crew on board the International Space Station (ISS), who are in space to study […]

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The film is definitely one of Bruce Willis’ most underrated. Lucky Number Slevin, the 2006 neo-noir crime thriller with a truly all-star cast, is now streaming on Prime Video. Directed by Paul McGuigan (Gangster No. 1, Sherlock), the movie sees a case of mistaken identity put a man named Slevin (Josh Hartnett, Trap) in the […]

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Coming to streaming soon, the blockbuster is currently the seventh-highest-grossing film of the year. Irish Oscar-nominee Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin) has confirmed that producer Jerry Bruckheimer has spoken to her about a possible F1 sequel. The sports movie landed in cinemas last June and saw Oscar-winner Brad Pitt play Sonny Hayes, an ageing, […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 530, 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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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 71st 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 Ballad of a Small […]

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Also currently streaming on Prime Video, the Western has been compared to A Fistful of Dollars and The Dirty Dozen. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 6 November) is the incredibly titled A Reason to Live, A Reason to Die, a ’70s spaghetti Western. The film stars future Oscar-winner James Coburn (Affliction, The Magnficent […]

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Here are our thoughts on the latest entry in the blockbuster action sci-fi franchise. Predator: Badlands, one of 2025’s most anticipated movies and the latest entry in the iconic sci-fi action franchise, lands in cinemas this week. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, Badlands is a stand-alone sequel to the filmmaker’s previous acclaimed Predator films: 2022’s Prey, […]

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The blockbuster is currently the 10th highest-grossing film of the year. The Fantastic Four: First Steps, one of the biggest movies of 2025, has just been added to Disney+. Based on the long-running comic book characters, the blockbuster is the latest film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). It is set in an alternate version […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 529, 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 also features a major A-lister in one of his earliest roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 5 November) is 12 Rounds, the 2009 action film starring John Cena (Heads of State, Peacemaker) and Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin). Set in a post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, the story follows cop Danny Fisher (Cena), […]

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The show premiered a few weeks ago, so there are a couple of episodes streaming now to catch up on. The Chair Company, the new comedy series from Tim Robinson (Friendship, I Think You Should Leave), is surprisingly shaking out to be one of the year’s best thriller shows. Available to stream through NOW, Robinson […]

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The adaptation’s TV showing is timely as two more star-studded screen versions of the novel are coming very soon. Sky Arts is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 4 November) the stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic sci-fi novel Frankenstein, which was directed by Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Trainspotting). This innovative stage version of […]

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The news comes as tonight’s EuroMillions Jackpot is set to soar to an estimated €85 million. A Daily Million Plus player in Kilkenny has nabbed the top prize of €500,000 in last night’s 9pm draw (Monday, 3 November). The lucky punter purchased their winning ticket online on the day of the draw. The winning numbers […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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, […]

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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 […]

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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: […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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“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) […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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

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