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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  • One of 2025’s very best movies is available to watch now

    One of 2025’s very best movies is available to watch now

    The star-studded throwback to a classic genre is co-written and directed by an Irish filmmaker, who spoke to JOE about how the movie came to be. Eternity, one of JOE’s favourite movies of the year so far, is available to watch in cinemas from this week. Co-written and directed by Irish filmmaker David Freyne (The […]

    6 months ago

  • Location of Lotto jackpot winning ticket worth €6 million revealed

    Location of Lotto jackpot winning ticket worth €6 million revealed

    It comes as EuroMillions players in Ireland are getting ready for a huge draw tonight. Eason’s on Pearse Street in Westmeath has been revealed as the store to have sold this week’s winning Lotto Jackpot ticket worth €6,241,505. The latest Lotto Jackpot winner purchased their winning Quick Pick ticket on the day of the draw […]

    6 months ago

  • Peaky Blinders movie finally secures release date from Netflix

    Peaky Blinders movie finally secures release date from Netflix

    Cillian Murphy will be reprising his role in the upcoming film spin-off of the hit crime drama series. Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, the film spin-off of the hit crime drama series, has finally been handed a release date by Netflix. Featuring Cillian Murphy reprising his role as World War I veteran and gangster Thomas […]

    6 months ago

  • One of Tom Hardy’s best and most underseen movies is on TV tonight

    One of Tom Hardy’s best and most underseen movies is on TV tonight

    Co-starring another acting legend in his final film role, the crime thriller is also streaming on Disney+. The Drop, the brilliant 2014 crime thriller starring Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 5 December). In the film, the actor plays Bob, an assuming Brooklyn bartender who works in a pub owned […]

    6 months ago

  • One of the best movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    One of the best movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    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, 5 December) is The Graduate, the Oscar-winning ’60s comedy-drama. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Nichols (The Birdcage), the comedy-drama stars a young Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) as Benjamin, a disillusioned college graduate […]

    6 months ago

  • Several counties hit with weather warnings over ‘strong to gale force’ winds

    Several counties hit with weather warnings over ‘strong to gale force’ winds

    Dublin is among the counties impacted, while a ‘potential storm’ could be on the way in the next few days. Met Éireann has issued two Status Yellow warnings affecting six counties in Ireland. One is a wind warning, valid from 11am to 5pm on Friday (5 December). It applies to Dublin, Waterford, Wexford and Wicklow. […]

    7 months ago

  • A compelling new Irish drama film is available to watch from this week

    A compelling new Irish drama film is available to watch from this week

    ‘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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 75

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 75

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • A brilliant but underseen thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A brilliant but underseen thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    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), […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 544

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 544

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Netflix has just added a new, star-studded Western series

    Netflix has just added a new, star-studded Western series

    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) […]

    7 months ago

  • One of the most stressful movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the most stressful movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 543

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 543

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Prime Video has just added a new post-apocalyptic Western movie

    Prime Video has just added a new post-apocalyptic Western movie

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • One of the best war movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best war movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • One of the best spy thriller movies ever is getting a starry BBC remake

    One of the best spy thriller movies ever is getting a starry BBC remake

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Netflix’s new Harlan Coben thriller series with Irish star gets first look

    Netflix’s new Harlan Coben thriller series with Irish star gets first look

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 542

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 542

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Prime Video’s new No 1 movie is ‘a gritty gut-punch of a thriller’

    Prime Video’s new No 1 movie is ‘a gritty gut-punch of a thriller’

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Several counties hit with weather warning this weekend over ‘persistent rain’

    Several counties hit with weather warning this weekend over ‘persistent rain’

    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. […]

    7 months ago

  • Prime Video has just added a ‘rip-roaring’ 2025 Western thriller movie

    Prime Video has just added a ‘rip-roaring’ 2025 Western thriller movie

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 541

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 541

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • One of the best Irish thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best Irish thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Two teens injured in Dublin after car mounts footpath and collides with lamp post

    Two teens injured in Dublin after car mounts footpath and collides with lamp post

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • One of 2025’s biggest Irish thriller shows finally secures release date

    One of 2025’s biggest Irish thriller shows finally secures release date

    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, […]

    7 months ago

  • One of 2025’s best thriller movies is available to watch now

    One of 2025’s best thriller movies is available to watch now

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 540

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 540

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • A very tense thriller series is now available to stream at home

    A very tense thriller series is now available to stream at home

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 74

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 74

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 539

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 539

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • BBC releases first look at new season of one of its best thriller shows

    BBC releases first look at new season of one of its best thriller shows

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Netflix’s addictive new thriller series is becoming a streaming hit

    Netflix’s addictive new thriller series is becoming a streaming hit

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • One of 2025’s biggest Western movies is now available to stream at home

    One of 2025’s biggest Western movies is now available to stream at home

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 538

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 538

    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 […]

    7 months ago

  • Netflix has just added an incredible Western drama movie

    Netflix has just added an incredible Western drama movie

    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 […]

    7 months ago