Stephen Porzio

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 85th 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 Once Upon a Time […]

4 months ago

Netflix has released a teaser of the much-anticipated series exclusively on JOE. Netflix has just released a clip from How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, the new comedy thriller from Derry Girls’ creator Lisa McGee, exclusively on JOE. Coming to the streaming service this week, the eight-part series follows three Northern Irish lifelong friends […]

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Also currently on streaming, the thriller co-stars another screen legend. The Drop, the brilliant 2014 crime thriller starring Oscar-nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant, Warrior), is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 10 December). In the film, the actor plays Bob, an assuming Brooklyn bartender who works in a pub owned by his cousin, Marv (The Sopranos’ […]

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From the director of Say Nothing, this underseen Irish movie has a 86% Rotten Tomatoes score. A Patch of Fog, an excellent but underseen Irish thriller starring Stephen Graham (Adolescence, Boiling Point, The Good Boy), is now available to stream at home on Disney+. The feature directorial debut of Michael Lennox (Say Nothing, the upcoming […]

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The partly Irish film features one of the stars of Gangs of London and Slow Horses in the lead role. My Father’s Shadow, an excellent new drama film with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes, is available to watch in cinemas now. An Irish-Nigeria-UK co-production, the movie is set in 1993 against the backdrop of the Nigerian […]

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The thriller is from the director of Carrie, The Untouchables and the original Mission: Impossible film. The Fury, the great 1978 supernatural horror/conspiracy thriller, is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 7 February). Directed by the legendary Brian De Palma (Carrie, Mission: Impossible, The Untouchables), the movie follows a former CIA agent named Peter (Kirk Douglas, […]

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Starring an Oscar-winner, the film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 7 February) is The Woman King, the brilliant 2022 historical action war film from director Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Old Guard). Inspired by true events, the story centres around the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected […]

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The film stars Irish actors from Kin, Love/Hate and Say Nothing. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 6 February) is Kathleen Is Here, the 2024 thriller drama written and directed by Bad Sisters star Eva Birthistle. Birthistle’s feature directorial debut, the film follows Kathleen (Hazel Doupe, Say Nothing), an 18-year-old fresh out of foster […]

4 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 84th 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 Minority Report A.I. Artificial […]

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 563, 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 every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

4 months ago

The film is based on true events. Grizzly Night, a tense new thriller movie based on harrowing true events, is available to rent at home now. Set over 24 hours in Montana’s Glacier National Park in 1967, the film follows several different characters who have gathered in the area. Some are campers there to be […]

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 562, 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 every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

4 months ago

‘A tense and tight 90-minute thriller.’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 3 February) is Retreat, the very underrated 2011 Cillian Murphy-starring thriller. The film sees Murphy and Thandiwe Newton (Line of Duty, Westworld) play a married couple, Martin and Kate, whose relationship has become tense in the wake of Kate experiencing a miscarriage. […]

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JOE spoke to stars Justine Mitchell and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor about the new Irish show’s ‘plot twist’. Spoilers obviously! RTÉ’s new six-part mystery comedy-drama, These Sacred Vows, began this week with a jam-packed first episode, of which we here at JOE were big fans. Created by John Butler (Handsome Devil), the series begins with a man […]

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The actor made the comments while on the press tour for his new RTÉ series. Irish star Tom Vaughan-Lawlor is returning to screens in his first lead role in an RTÉ series since playing the infamous gangster Nidge in Love/Hate. The new show is called These Sacred Vows and premieres Sunday night (1 February). It […]

4 months ago

This dark thriller makes for a tough but mostly powerful watch. The Cut, the tense 2025 psychological thriller movie starring Orlando Bloom (Lord of the Rings) as an Irish boxer, will be made available to stream at home this weekend. Coming to NOW on Sunday (1 February) after its cinema release last September, the film […]

4 months ago

The film mines a universal fear for maximum tension. Old, the 2021 horror thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (Knock at the Cabin, The Sixth Sense, Signs), is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 31 January). Based on a graphic novel, the film revolves around a group of people – including a husband (Gael García Bernal, […]

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A truly unforgettable film, though it is not for the faint of heart. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 31 January) is Oldboy, the 2003 South Korean mystery thriller masterpiece. The film centres on Oh Dae-su (played by an absolutely electric Choi Min-sik – I Saw the Devil, Lucy), a businessman and alcoholic who […]

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 561, 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 every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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The Dublin City branch had been open for over 20 years. Zaytoon, the beloved Dublin-based chain of Persian restaurants specialising in kebabs, has announced the closure of one of its most famous locations. In a statement posted to social media, the food business revealed that its branch located on Camden Street in Dublin City Centre […]

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Holding a 92% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars a major Irish actor. Slow West, the excellent 2015 Western starring Irish Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender (Kneecap), is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 30 January). The feature debut of writer-director John Maclean (who helmed last year’s Tornado), the film is set at the end of the 19th […]

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It’s a cult classic, even if it’s definitely not for the squeamish. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 30 January) is Bone Tomahawk, the incredible 2015 Western thriller. The film stars Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), Matthew Fox (Lost), Patrick Wilson (The Conjuring) and Richard Jenkins (Burn After Reading) as men of the Old […]

4 months ago

JOE spoke to the cast of the exciting new series, including Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, who discussed similarities between the character in his show and himself. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor has told JOE that he feels “fortunate” to get to play a character closer to his “tempo” in the new RTÉ mystery comedy-drama These Sacred Vows. The Dublin actor […]

4 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 83rd 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 Big Short The […]

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 560, 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 every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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, 29 January). Based on the novel of the same name by acclaimed cult writer Joe R. Lansdale (The Thicket), […]

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It was two Hollywood icons’ final completed film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 29 January) is The Misfits, the 1961 contemporary Western drama directed by John Huston (The Asphalt Jungle, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre). The film follows Roslyn Taber (Marilyn Monroe), a recently divorced dancer, who meets an ageing cowboy-turned-gambler named […]

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Starring two action icons, the film has been in the works for a long time. Prime Video has just added The Wrecking Crew, the new “Lethal Weapon-style” action comedy movie starring Dave Bautista (Knock at the Cabin) and Jason Momoa (Aquaman). The film sees the stars play estranged half-brothers who are forced to reunite on […]

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The neo-Western thriller has been compared to Rio Bravo. Jericho Ridge, a 2023 neo-Western thriller with a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, is airing on TV tonight (Wednesday, 28 January). Set in a remote American town, the movie stars Nikki Amuka-Bird (Old, The Outfit) as Tabby, a deputy sheriff who finds herself alone in the […]

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 559, 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 every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

4 months ago

The incredible film is also currently streaming on Disney+. The Empty Man, the incredible 2020 mystery-horror-thriller epic, is airing on TV tonight (Wednesday, 28 January). Set mostly in modern-day Missouri, the film follows a grieving retired cop named James Lasombra (James Badge Dale, Spectral) who is asked by his friend, Nora (Marin Ireland, Dope Thief), […]

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The star-studded 2021 movie has an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 28 January) is The Last Duel, the star-studded 2021 historical epic that filmed in Ireland. Directed by the legendary Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven), the story is set in 14th century France during the Hundred Years […]

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The adaptation’s TV showing is timely, as we’ll be getting a new version of the tale in cinemas soon. Sky Arts is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 27 January) 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 […]

5 months ago

If you like claustrophobic and twisty thrillers, this is a must-watch. Knock at the Cabin, the excellent 2023 thriller movie made by legendary director M. Night Shyamalan (Signs, The Sixth Sense and Split), is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 27 January). An adaptation of an acclaimed novel by Paul Tremblay, the film stars Ben Aldridge […]

5 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 558, 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 every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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