‘The type of warm Irish crowdpleaser that will provoke some big chuckles, while subtly tugging on the heartstrings.’ Horseshoe, a compelling new Irish comedy-drama movie, will be available to watch in cinemas from this week. The film follows four estranged siblings (Carolyn Bracken, Eric O’Brien, Jed Murray and Neill Fleming), whose lives have all gone […]

4 months ago

Josh Hutcherson said it was ‘really disappointing’ that he didn’t get to meet Colin Farrell, despite starring in a film with him. Josh Hutcherson, in a recent interview with JOE, spoke about his Irish ancestry and about missing out on meeting Colin Farrell, despite starring in a movie with him. Hutcherson, who became a household […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 75th 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 Superbad American Pie Zombieland […]

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Starring Dexter actor Michael C. Hall, the film’s great cast and twisty screenplay make it well worth seeking out. Cold in July, a brilliant if underseen crime thriller from 2014, is airing on TV tonight (Thursday, 4 December). Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed cult writer Joe R. Lansdale (The Thicket), […]

4 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 544 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 show comes from the same creator as Sons of Anarchy. Netflix has just added The Abandons, a star-studded new Western series from the creator of Sons of Anarchy, Kurt Sutter. Set in the Washington Territory in 1854, the show follows the matriarchs of two very different families, played by Gillian Anderson (Trespasses, Tron: Ares) […]

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The film merges the style of Netflix’s Adolescence with the setting of The Bear. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 4 December) is Boiling Point, the brilliant 2021 British drama with a whopping 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes. All shot in one long take, the film focuses on Andy Jones (a typically brilliant Stephen […]

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The sequel will be available to watch from Friday. Five Nights at Freddy’s 2, the sequel to the 2023 box office smash-hit horror video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s, is arriving in cinemas this week. The original centred around Mike Schmidt (Josh Hutcherson – The Beekeeper, The Hunger Games), a troubled security guard struggling […]

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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 543 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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It’s perfect timing as a sequel to the mystery thriller is said to be coming out ‘pretty soon’. Wind River, the 2017 crime mystery thriller movie, has just been added to Prime Video. The film was written and directed by Taylor Sheridan, who penned the screenplays for Hell or High Water and Sicario and also […]

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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 stream on Prime Video. 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 […]

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In fact, it recently made a list of the 20 best war films of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 3 December) is Fury, the 2014 hard-hitting World War II action drama starring Oscar-winner Brad Pitt (F1, Inglourious Basterds). Set in April 1945, when the Allies are making their final push in […]

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The series will adapt novels by John le Carré featuring legendary spy characters. The BBC has announced that it is adapting John le Carré’s classic spy novel The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, which was previously made into a beloved ’60s movie, as a series. Titled Legacy of Spies, the show will adapt […]

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The thriller show will land on the streaming service very soon. Netflix has released the first trailer for Run Away, the latest thriller from best-selling author Harlan Coben (Fool Me Once, Lazarus, The Stranger). Releasing on the streaming giant on New Year’s Day, the eight-part series will see Irish actor James Nesbitt (who appeared in […]

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The star-studded crime thriller is currently not available to rent or stream, so now is the time to watch the film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 2 December) is Kiss of Death, the hugely entertaining and star-studded ’90s thriller. A remake of a classic ’40s noir, the film stars David Caruso (NYPD Blue) […]

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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 542 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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Holding an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, one critic said the 2025 thriller ‘makes Breaking Bad look like family entertainment’. She Rides Shotgun, a 2025 crime thriller starring Taron Egerton (Kingsman, Smoke), has rocketed to the top of the Prime Video movie chart. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Jordan Harper, the […]

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Met Éireann has said there could be some flooding. Three counties in Ireland have been issued a Status Yellow rain warning for this weekend. Valid from 2pm on Sunday (30 November) until 9am on Monday (1 December), the alert from Met Éireann applies to Cork, Kerry and Waterford. It reads: “Persistent rain, heavy at times. […]

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It’s from the same director as the Michael Fassbender-starring Western, Slow West. Prime Video has just added Tornado, a starry 2025 Western thriller movie from writer-director John Maclean (who also made Slow West, the excellent 2015 Western with Michael Fassbender). Maclean’s latest foray into the genre is set amidst the rugged landscape of 1790s Britain […]

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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 541 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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It’s also one of the best films of all time. Apocalypse Now, the ’70s war epic from director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather trilogy), is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 29 November). The film is set in the late 1960s in Vietnam and tells the story of Captain Willard (Martin Sheen), a US soldier who is sent […]

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Having won three IFTAs, the film holds a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 29 November) is Lies We Tell, the brilliant 2023 Irish gothic thriller. Inspired by the classic novel Uncle Silas by Irish writer Sheridan Le Fanu, the film is set in Ireland in 1864. The story […]

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The two teens were taken to hospital, with one of them receiving treatment for ‘serious’ injuries. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a serious collision involving a car and two teenage pedestrians in Foxrock in Dublin 18 on Friday (28 November). At around 7.30pm, Gardaí and emergency services responded to reports of a car mounting […]

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The star-studded, underseen crime thriller was released in cinemas last year. Netflix is about to add Love Lies Bleeding, one of JOE’s favourite thriller movies of the decade so far. The film sees rising star Katy O’Brian (Christy, The Running Man) play Jackie, a bodybuilder who arrives in a rural New Mexican town in the […]

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It’s a perfect Friday night film. Nobody, the excellent 2021 film that saw Bob Odenkirk surprisingly and successfully go full action man, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 28 November). In the box office hit, the Better Call Saul actor plays a seemingly ordinary husband and father named Hutch Mansell, whose family is the victim […]

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Following its US release earlier this year, the series holds an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score. Irish Blood, a new Ireland-set thriller starring Alicia Silverstone (Bugonia, Clueless), has finally been handed an Ireland/UK release date. A six-part murder mystery, the series revolves around Fiona Fox (Silverstone), an American lawyer who was abandoned by her Irish father, […]

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The excellent mystery thriller is also coming to Netflix very soon. Wake Up Dead Man, the third entry in the Knives Out series of movies, is available to watch in cinemas now. Each entry in the mystery comedy thriller franchise sees the suave southern gentleman sleuth Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigating a different murder. In […]

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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 540 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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Here’s our spoiler-free verdict on the first episode of the new season. The first part of the fifth and final season of Stranger Things has finally dropped on Netflix. It’s been over three years since the fourth season of the acclaimed sci-fi series, meaning the new episodes have been hugely anticipated. Season five consists of […]

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The film sees Denzel Washington sharing the screen with another massive star. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 27 November) is 2 Guns, the 2013 action comedy starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg. The film centres around DEA agent Bobby Trench (Washington) and U.S. Navy intelligence officer Marcus Stigman (Wahlberg), who have both been […]

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Made by one of the directors behind the hit gangster drama Kin, the Ireland-shot show feels like a modern-day riff on Taxi Driver. The Night Caller, the very tense 2024 thriller miniseries, is now available to watch in Ireland. Streaming through Virgin Media Television, the show revolves around a nocturnal taxi driver named Tony (played […]

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It’s a movie with an excellent lead performance that tells an important story. Christy, the new biographical sports drama starring Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, The White Lotus), is available to watch in cinemas from this week. In the movie, Sweeney plays Christy Martin, the US boxer whose life is fascinating for a variety of different reasons. […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 74th 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 Heat Ronin The Town […]

4 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 539 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 BBC has also revealed when you can expect the next batch of episodes. The BBC has released a first look at the new season of The Capture, one of the broadcaster’s best thriller shows in recent years. It was confirmed earlier this year that the series will be back for a season three, with […]

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The film is also currently available to stream. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 26 November) is The Alamo, the star-studded 2004 Western war drama. From director John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, The Founder), the film is set in the 1830s and tells the story of the real-life Battle of the Alamo during […]

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The star-studded thriller is ranking high on the streaming charts. Netflix’s addictive and star-studded new thriller miniseries The Beast in Me is proving to be a streaming hit. From creator Gabe Rotter (The X-Files) and showrunner Howard Gordon (Homeland), the story centres around Aggie Wiggs (Clare Danes, Homeland), an acclaimed author struggling with writer’s block […]

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It’s a film that puts a cool new spin on a classic story. After months of hype, the incredibly inventive horror Good Boy has finally been made available to watch at home. Streaming now through the service Shudder, which is dedicated to the horror genre, the movie is a haunted house story with a major […]

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The film has two huge stars, one of whom is Irish. The Unholy Trinity, a new Western starring Pierce Brosnan (the James Bond franchise) and Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction), has just been made available to watch at home. Streaming now through Paramount+, the movie is set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana. Its […]

4 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 538 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 earned mixed reviews, though we argue it’s worth seeking out. Opus, the 2025 horror thriller starring Ayo Edebiri (After the Hunt, The Bear), has just been made available to watch at home. Currently streaming on the service NOW, the actress plays Ariel in the movie, a journalist at a high-profile music magazine. […]

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The film gave a future Hollywood star his breakthrough role. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 25 November) is Chopper, the incredible 2000 crime thriller starring Eric Bana (Hulk, Munich). Hailing from Australia, the film is based on the life of the country’s infamous criminal Mark ‘Chopper’ Read (played by Bana), who wrote his […]

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Featuring an Oscar-nominated Irish actress, the gorgeous film holds a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just added Train Dreams, a stunning new Western drama movie starring Joel Edgerton (The Gift, Warrior). Based on a novella by Denis Johnson (Jesus’ Son), the film chronicles the life of Robert Granier (Edgerton), a seemingly ordinary and unassuming […]

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The film is only 84 minutes long with credits, but it is packed with twists. Significant Other, a decent and underseen sci-fi horror thriller, is airing on TV tonight (Thursday, 20 November). Written and directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen (whose action flick Novocaine was a bit of a hit earlier this year), the […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Speaking to JOE, one of the stars and co-writers of the series said that she does not believe it will return. Hannah Mamalis, one of the stars and writers of the RTÉ comedy series Good Boy, has told JOE that she does not believe the show will return for a second season. Premiering in 2024 […]

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The short will be screened for Irish audiences for the first time at a festival later this month. The Death Notice of Eamonn McCarty, a very emotional new Irish short film, will have its Irish premiere later this month. Starring Michael McElhatton (House of Guinness) and Hannah Mamalis (RTÉ’s Good Boy), the sci-fi will screen […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 73rd 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 Pretty Woman Notting Hill […]

4 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 537 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 […]

4 months ago

Also streaming on Netflix now, the film was the directorial debut of Philip Barantini, who would go on to make the modern classics Adolescence and Boiling Point. Villain, the very tense and gritty 2020 British crime thriller movie, is airing on TV tonight (Wednesday, 19 November). Craig Fairbrass (Cliffhanger, Rise of the Footsoldier) stars in […]

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Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 19 November) is Moon, the incredible 2009 sci-fi starring Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards, The White Lotus). In the film, the actor plays Sam Bell, an astronaut in the future whose solo three-year work shift […]

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