It was a massive box-office hit, a Best Picture Oscar nominee and even introduced a new term into the public lexicon. Fatal Attraction, one of the most famous thriller movies of all time, is on TV tonight. Released in 1987, it centres around a man named Dan Gallagher (Michael Douglas) with a great life, a […]

3 months ago

The blockbuster is currently the eighth-highest-grossing film of the year. F1, the brilliant 2025 action sports movie, is finally available to stream at home through Apple TV+. Having landed in cinemas last June, the blockbuster sees Oscar-winner Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) play Sonny Hayes, an ageing, nomadic, racer-for-hire who gets a […]

3 months ago

We predict this will become a festive cult classic. Silent Night, Deadly Night, the very entertaining new remake of the controversial ’80s horror thriller of the same name, is now available to watch in cinemas. For those not aware, the original Silent Night, Deadly Night was released in 1984 and is essentially a riff on […]

3 months ago

It’s set in Ireland during the Famine. At long last, the weekend is among us and with that, you may be looking for movies to watch. Our pick for tonight is Black ’47. This western follows Irish soldier Feeney (James Frecheville) who in 1847 returns home from fighting for the British Army in Afghanistan to […]

3 months ago

The film features two major Irish stars amongst its ensemble cast. Wake Up Dead Man, the third entry in the Knives Out series of movies, is now available to stream on Netflix. Each entry in the mystery comedy thriller franchise sees the suave southern gentleman sleuth Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigating a different murder. In […]

3 months ago

It’s a real hidden gem. Prime Video has just added Relay, a new thriller movie that is one of JOE’s favourite films of 2025. Directed by David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water, The Outlaw King), the film stars Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler, Sound of Metal) as a mysterious fixer based in New York City. His speciality […]

4 months ago

Brilliant news for film fans. The much-anticipated, as of yet untitled 28 Years Later Part 3 has reportedly been greenlit by Sony. Back in January 2024, it was announced that director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland were working together on a trilogy of sequels to their 2002 hit post-apocalyptic horror 28 Days Later and […]

4 months ago

Let the quizzing festivities commence. It’s Friday, the weekend is here, and that can only mean one thing – the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. And we’re teaming up with BOYLE Casino, where the message is simple: Back Yourself. Backing yourself is what it’s always about on the JOE Pub Quiz, picking your answers with confidence, all in search of […]

4 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 76th 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 Pulp Fiction Fargo Boogie […]

4 months ago

Produced by Ridley Scott, the star-studded film revolves around a series of real-life murders in the ’60s. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 11 December) is Boston Strangler, the 2023 true crime thriller starring Carrie Coon (The White Lotus) and Keira Knightley (Black Doves). Set in the 1960s, the film tells the true-life story […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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. […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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. […]

4 months ago

‘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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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. […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago

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 […]

4 months ago