Stephen Porzio

News just in. Three men have been found not guilty of the murder of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee. Ms McKee died at age 29 after being struck by a bullet as she stood close to police vehicles. This was while observing rioting in the Creggan area of Derry in April 2019. The bullet had […]

3 months ago

The Western film has a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 3 July) is Winchester ’73, the 1950 Western noir starring James Stewart (It’s a Wonderful Life, Vertigo). The black-and-white oater follows Lin McAdam (Stewart), an avenging sharpshooter, who rides into town on the trail of Dutch Henry Brown […]

3 months ago

Blending ‘the majesty of Interstellar with the problem-solving satisfaction of The Martian,’ you can watch the sci-fi at home right now. Project Hail Mary, the fantastic 2026 sci-fi movie starring Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie, Drive), is now available to stream at home. Accessible through Prime Video, the film is an adaptation of the beloved novel […]

3 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 105th 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 Graduate Harold and […]

3 months ago

For clarity, we mean the sitcom Friends. For anyone who, like us, still misses the classic sitcom Friends over 22 years after it wrapped up, we recommend checking out a new-to-streaming comedy series. This is Not Suitable for Work, which has just been released on Disney+. It was created by the acclaimed writer and comedian […]

3 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 639, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

‘It’s going to be really something special. It’s got a real, real respect for the source material.’ Apple TV has just released the first proper teaser for Neuromancer, its TV series adaptation of the legendary sci-fi novel by William Gibson. The book and upcoming show follow a damaged, top-rung super-hacker named Case (Callum Turner – […]

4 months ago

The film is currently unavailable to rent or stream, so now is your rare chance to check it out. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 2 July) is Under Suspicion, the 1991 neo-noir thriller starring Liam Neeson (Cold Storage, Five Minutes of Heaven, Taken). Set in the late ’50s in Britain, the Northern Irish […]

4 months ago

The film is from the director of Man on Fire and Top Gun. Netflix has just added The Fan, the 1996 sports-focused psychological thriller starring two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro (The Godfather Part II, Taxi Driver) The movie tells the story of Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes, Blade), a star baseball player, who becomes the unhealthy […]

4 months ago

Holding an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, the 2025 film stars a recent Oscar nominee. Predator: Badlands, the latest entry in the iconic sci-fi action franchise, is now available to stream at home. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg and accessible through Disney+, Badlands is a stand-alone sequel to the filmmaker’s previous acclaimed Predator movies. These were 2022’s […]

4 months ago

The sci-fi action film has earned particular praise for its imaginative vision of the future. Netflix is about to add The Creator, the 2023 sci-fi epic from director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla, Jurassic World Rebirth, Rogue One). The movie takes place in a near future in which a nuclear warhead was detonated over Los Angeles, leading […]

4 months ago

A stand-alone spin-off, many say the series is better than the original. Netflix has added 1883, the brilliant Western drama fromLandman and Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. A standalone prequel to Yellowstone, the show is set in the title year and stars Oscar-nominee Sam Elliot (The Big Lebowski) in an effortlessly commanding lead turn. He plays Shea […]

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 634, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

The film has one of the greatest final scenes in recent memory. Nightmare Alley, the excellent 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller directed by Guillermo del Toro (Frankenstein, The Shape of Water), is available to stream now. Accessible through the Disney+ service, the film is based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the same name, which […]

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 633, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

It is billed as the ‘first ever improvised feature film from Northern Ireland’. Conversations in Bed, a “fully improvised” Irish movie, will have its world premiere next month at the prestigious Galway Film Fleadh. The debut feature of director Dean Conway, the film is described as a “chamber piece”. Its story takes place over two […]

4 months ago

The film is also about to be added to streaming. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 24 June) is Buffalo Soldiers, the 2001 black comedy war drama starring Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker). Set on an American Army base in 1989, as the Berlin Wall is about to fall, the film follows a group of […]

4 months ago

The film is produced by Scorsese, who also stars in the movie opposite Al Pacino, John Malkovich and Oscar Isaac. In the Hand of Dante, a new and star-studded historical epic/gangster thriller, has just been added to Netflix. Directed by Julian Schnabel (At Eternity’s Gate, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly), the movie is an […]

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 632, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

All 10 episodes of its second season are streaming now. One of JOE’s favourite TV shows of recent memory is The Agency, the spy thriller series starring Michael Fassbender (Hope, Kneecap), which has just returned for a second season. A remake of France’s The Bureau – widely considered one of the country’s best-ever shows – […]

4 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 104th 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 Bronson Lawless Chopper Name […]

4 months ago

It’s a remake of a classic film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 23 June) is Total Recall, the 2012 sci-fi thriller starring Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin, Sugar). A remake of the 1990 cult classic starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, which itself was based on a Philip K. Dick short story, the Irishman plays […]

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 631, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

Temperatures are set to reach 34 degrees later this week. With a Status Yellow high temperature warning from Met Éireann currently in place until Friday, did you know that, under Irish law, if it gets too hot, you can leave work? According to the Irish meteorological service, this week, maximum temperatures in excess of 27C, […]

4 months ago

Harlan Coben has personally recommended the 2021 Netflix miniseries. Harlan Coben’s new mystery thriller series I Will Find You has rocketed to the top of the Netflix TV charts. Adapted from the author’s 2023 novel of the same name, the show follows David Burroughs (Sam Worthington, Avatar), a man wrongfully serving a life sentence for […]

4 months ago

‘It’s a rip-roaring, tragic joyride.’ Carolina Caroline, a new crime thriller earning rave reviews, has just been made available to watch on this side of the Atlantic. Accessible for the first time in Ireland and the UK through the service NOW, the film follows Caroline Daniels (Samara Weaving – Over Your Dead Body, Ready or […]

4 months ago

A follow-up to a hit 2021 film, we believe the sequel is even better. Black Phone 2, which we believe is one of those rare cases where the sequel is better than the original, has just been made available to stream at home. The first Black Phone movie was directed by Scott Derrickson (who also […]

4 months ago

It’s been called the ‘third best war movie of all time’. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 20 June) is 2001’s Black Hawk Down, which was recently named one of the greatest war films ever. Directed by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator, The Last Duel), the story is based on a 1999 non-fiction book […]

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 628, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

The first season earned comparisons to the hits 24 and Speed. Just days after JOE reported that Disney+ had added the BBC show Nightsleeper, the British broadcaster has announced that a season two of the crime thriller is on the way. Released in 2024, S1 of the series revolved around a train, going from Glasgow […]

4 months ago

Holding a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film continues to find new fans to this day. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 19 June) is The Guest, the modern cult classic thriller starring Dan Stevens (Abigail). In the film, the actor plays David, a recently discharged US soldier who heads to New Mexico […]

4 months ago

Boasting two major Irish stars, the mystery thriller series is wonderfully stylish, melancholic and genre-defying. Sugar, the brilliant neo-noir mystery thriller series starring Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin), is back with its second season. Streaming now on Apple TV, the show sees the Irish Oscar-nominee play John Sugar, a kindly yet enigmatic private detective […]

4 months ago

Tougher than it may seem. The task is simple. We’ve given you every year between 2000 and 2026. You need to fill in the answer box with the men who won the Best Actor prize at those years’ Oscar ceremonies. You have five minutes until the time runs out. Sounds simple enough, right? But can […]

4 months ago

The film’s latest remake only came out a few weeks ago. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Man on Fire (Thursday, 18 June), the 1987 adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 thriller novel. Famously remade as a film starring Denzel Washington in 2004 and as a Netflix TV show earlier this year, the original screen […]

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 627, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

The author’s latest marks a big change from his previous Netflix shows. Netflix has just added I Will Find You, its latest limited mystery thriller series based on the work of acclaimed author Harlan Coben (Fool Me Once, The Stranger). Adapted from his 2023 novel of the same name, the show follows David Burroughs (Sam […]

4 months ago

The series scored 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, with one reviewer saying the show appeared ‘primed to be the streamer’s next big thing’. Netflix has just cancelled The Boroughs, the new sci-fi show from the Duffer Brothers, the creators of Stranger Things. The series only premiered four weeks ago. It followed a group of residents at […]

4 months ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 103rd 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 Carlito's Way Scarface (1983) […]

4 months ago

It’s one of the best films of the 2020s. Aftersun, the 2022 indie drama starring Irish actor Paul Mescal (Hamnet, Normal People), has just been added to Netflix. The movie revolves around Sophie (Frankie Curio), an 11-year-old in the 1990s who embarks on a holiday to a Turkish resort with her estranged father, Calum (Mescal). […]

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 626, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

We have come here to chew bubblegum and recommend this film… and we’re all out of bubblegum. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 17 June) is They Live, the cult sci-fi action flick from writer-director John Carpenter (Escape from New York, Halloween, The Thing). The film centres on a homeless drifter named Nada (played […]

4 months ago

Based on true events, this tense thriller puts a unique twist on a classic sub-genre. No Ordinary Heist, a 2026 Irish crime thriller inspired by actual events, has been made available to stream at home. Accessible through the service NOW, the movie follows two bank workers, manager Richard Murray (Eddie Marsan) and security guard Barry […]

4 months ago

The film is from the director of The Incredible Hulk and Now You See Me. Netflix has just released the first trailer for The Last House, its new sci-fi starring Oscar-nominee Wagner Moura (Narcos, The Secret Agent) and Greta Lee (Past Lives, Tron: Ares). Set for a release on the streaming service in early August, […]

4 months ago

Aliens have long been a fascination of the legendary filmmaker. Steven Spielberg, the Oscar-winning director of the sci-fi classics Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T., has said he truly believes in aliens. Spielberg has been fascinated by extraterrestrials for decades. On top of the aforementioned movies, his debut feature film from 1964 (now […]

4 months ago

Directed by an Irishman and co-starring a two-time Oscar winner, the film recently made a list of the 100 best war films ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 16 June) is Behind Enemy Lines, the hit 2001 war film. Owen Wilson (No Escape) stars as Lieutenant Chris Burnett, a Navy pilot who is […]

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 625, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with a series of general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to […]

4 months ago

Check out JOE’s interviews with the creators and stars of the hilarious comedy. The hilarious Northern Irish sitcom Funboys, which we’ve previously described as a mix of Father Ted and Hardy Bucks, returns to screens tonight (Monday, 15 June) with its second season. Airing on the BBC, the comedy show follows the “soft-bellied boys of […]

4 months ago

The movie is from the makers of Bullet Train and John Wick. Prime Video has just added Over Your Dead Body, a new action comedy thriller movie featuring Timothy Olyphant (Alien: Earth, Deadwood, Justified). The film tells the story of an unhappily married couple, Dan (Jason Segel, Shrinking) and Lisa (Samara Weaving, Ready or Not), […]

4 months ago

Based on a true story, the film is from the director of Good Will Hunting and To Die For. Dead Man’s Wire, a 2026 crime thriller with an all-star cast, has been made available to stream at home. Accessible through the service NOW, the movie is directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Gus Van Sant (Elephant, […]

4 months ago

The series also earned comparisons to the shows Bodyguard and Hijack. Nightsleeper, the 2024 BBC crime thriller series, has just been added to a popular streaming service. Now accessible through Disney+, the six-part show takes place in real time. It revolves around a train, going from Glasgow to London, that is hijacked by hackers (or […]

4 months ago