We’re still hoping for a follow-up to the film. Prime Video has just added Sicario 2: Soldado, the underrated sequel to the brilliant action thriller Sicario. Sicario is the word for ‘hitman’ in Spanish, while Soldado is the word for ‘soldier’. The 2018 follow-up is set a few years after the original and begins with […]

4 months ago

The two-time Oscar winner stars in a dual role. The much-anticipated gangster movie The Alto Knights starring Robert De Niro has just been made available to stream at home. The film was penned by Goodfellas co-writer and The Irishman producer Nicholas Pileggi, with director Barry Levinson (Bugsy, Rain Man) bringing the screenplay to the screen. De […]

4 months ago

Featuring one of the stars of Derry Girls, the film is from the same director as Bad Day for the Cut. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 10 December) is Boys from County Hell, the excellent 2020 Irish horror thriller comedy. The film takes place in Six Mile Hill, a sleepy Irish town that […]

4 months ago

The film puts a uniquely Irish spin on a popular type of story. The Ick, a fun new Irish short film, is available to stream at home now through the RTÉ Player. 25 minutes in length, the short was made for RTÉ and Screen Ireland’s Storyland project, which provides a platform and space for new […]

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 546 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

One of the writers on the hit thriller series spoke to JOE about the much-anticipated second season, which he believes will ‘make a splash’. The second season of Beef, which is widely considered to be one of Netflix’s best original shows ever, has just gotten an exciting update from one of its writers and producers. […]

4 months ago

If you thought traffic was very slow this morning, it was because of this. A Luas power outage caused significant disruption for Dublin city commuters on Wednesday morning (10 December). Due to the power fault, there is no tram service operating on the red line between Smithfield and Connolly / The Point and on the […]

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Coming from one of the writers of The Bear and Beef, he has described it as a mix of Almost Famous and Nightcrawler. Lurker, an excellent new thriller that we believe is one of 2025’s most stressful movies, is available to watch in cinemas this week. The film is the feature debut of writer-director Alex […]

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 545 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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One of the leads of the beloved comedy is an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 9 December) is Official Competition, the acclaimed comedy-drama starring Oscar-winner Penélope Cruz (Vicky Christina Barcelona) and Oscar-nominee Antonio Banderas (Pain and Glory). The 2021 Spanish movie sees two rival actors (Banderas and Oscar Martínez) pitted against […]

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Impacts of the ‘multi-hazard’ storm are set to include difficult travel conditions, flooding and power outages. Nearly all of Ireland has been issued Status Orange wind warnings over Storm Bram, which will hit the Emerald Isle today (Tuesday, 9 December). Several Status Orange alerts for the “multi-hazard” weather event have been published, impacting 30 counties. […]

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The legendary Irish folk group have backtracked on their retirement plan. Legendary Irish folk group The Wolfe Tones have announced two surprise 3Arena Dublin gigs for summer 2026. Formed in the early ’60s, the band are one of the longest-standing ballad groups in Ireland. They have also enjoyed a surge in popularity recently, drawing massive […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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‘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 […]

4 months ago

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) […]

4 months ago

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 […]

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 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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 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 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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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) […]

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 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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

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 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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

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 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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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. […]

4 months ago