Stephen Porzio

We think it’s very good, for the record. Digger, the new and divisive satirical black comedy from Oscar-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman, The Revenant) and star Tom Cruise, has finally landed in cinemas. In heavy prosthetics, the Hollywood A-lister plays Digger Rockwell, a billionaire oil tycoon whose company’s drilling in Greenland unleashes a potentially […]

2 weeks ago

With JOE’s new column, you’ll never miss a movie airing on TV again. Out of all these films available on Irish TV, my pick of the week is… The Substance. For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE’s daily ‘movie on TV’ articles too late, this is the column for you. We are […]

2 weeks ago

The film won four Oscars, including Best Picture. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 1 October) is Platoon, the 1986 war film that won several Oscars. Set during the Vietnam War, the story follows a young, naive American man named Chris (Charlie Sheen) who enlists in the US Army. Once he is on the […]

2 weeks ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 118th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They must then select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie The Drama Primetime Nightcrawler […]

3 weeks ago

In a recent list of the best war films ever, the movie ranked 12th place. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 30 September) is Glory, the 1989 war film from director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond, Defiance). The epic is set during the American Civil War. The story follows Col. Robert Gould Shaw (Matthew Broderick) […]

3 weeks 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 704, 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 […]

3 weeks ago

After the 2026 novel was longlisted for the Booker Prize, its author told JOE that a screen adaptation is in ‘early development’. Djamel White, the author of the Irish crime thriller All Them Dogs, has told JOE that a TV series adaptation is in the works. Released in 2026, the novel is the 28-year-old Dublin […]

3 weeks ago

The thriller stars two Oscar winners. Netflix has just added The Judge, the star-studded 2014 legal drama starring Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer). The Oscar winner plays Hank, a hotshot Chicago lawyer whose personal life is a mess. After his mother’s death, he returns home to Indiana for the funeral and reconnects with his family. The […]

3 weeks ago

Stephen Graham will star in the thriller opposite Liev Schreiber and Zazie Beetz. Apple TV has just released the first trailer for Nocturne, its dark new thriller series starring Stephen Graham (Boiling Point, The Good Boy). Arriving next month, the story follows Jonah Lynn (Liev Schreiber, Caught Stealing), an ex-soldier turned homicide detective. Tired of […]

3 weeks ago

The three-part series is described as a ‘raw record of a life lived in full’. Netflix has just released the first trailer for The One About Matthew Perry, its much-anticipated new documentary. The three-part series is billed as the first in-depth documentary about Matthew Perry. The actor played Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom Friends […]

3 weeks ago

Streaming for free now, the film also features several major Irish actors. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 29 September) is The Mission, the beloved 1986 historical drama starring Oscar-winner Robert De Niro (The Fan, Taxi Driver). Set in the 1750s, the film sees Jesuit priest Father Gabriel (Oscar-winner Jeremy Irons, Dead Ringers) enter […]

3 weeks 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 703, 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 […]

3 weeks ago

Released in cinemas earlier this year, the film stars an Oscar-winner and has an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Prime Video has just added Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, the 2026 sci-fi comedy thriller starring Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell (Moon). The story begins with an unnamed dishevelled man (Rockwell) entering a diner in modern-day Los Angeles. […]

3 weeks ago

With JOE’s new column, you’ll never miss a movie airing on TV again. Out of all these films available on Irish TV, my pick of the weekend is… Dead Man’s Shoes. For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE’s daily ‘movie on TV’ articles too late, this is the column for you. We […]

3 weeks ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 117th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They must then select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie The Raven (2012) The […]

3 weeks ago

Holding a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, the BAFTA-winning film is also about to be added to streaming. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 26 September) is The Imposter, the BAFTA Award-winning 2012 documentary. Directed by Bart Layton (American Animals, Crime 101, The Tinder Swindler), the film tells the story of Nicholas Patrick Barclay, a […]

3 weeks ago

From the writer of Love/Hate, JOE spoke to the cast and crew of the hot new show. Tall Tales & Murder, the new series from Love/Hate writer Stuart Carolan, finally premieres this weekend. Based on the Dublin Trilogy by Caimh McDonnell, the Irish crime comedy begins with a comatose man, known only as Anonymous (Aidan […]

3 weeks 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 700, 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 […]

3 weeks ago

‘Might be the franchise’s most ambitious and crazy entry yet.’ 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, the latest entry in the post-apocalyptic horror thriller franchise, 28 Days Later, has just been added to streaming. Accessible through the service NOW, The Bone Temple was released in cinemas last January and was JOE’s first 5/5 movie of […]

3 weeks ago

The film is based on shocking true events. The Lost Children of Tuam, one of the year’s best Irish movies, is available to watch in cinemas now. Produced by Liam Neeson, the biographical drama focuses on activist Catherine Corless (played by a brilliant Monica Dolan, Rialto). Movie Title The Lost Children of Tuam Where to […]

3 weeks ago

From the director of Nosferatu, the Northern Ireland-shot film holds a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Northman, the excellent 2022 Viking action movie, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 25 September). Directed by the acclaimed Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, Nosferatu), the epic is based on Norse and Scandinavian legend and is set at the turn […]

3 weeks ago

The film would make perfect viewing ahead of Halloween. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 25 September) is Immaculate, the 2024 horror thriller starring Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria, Reality). The rising star plays Sister Cecilia, an American nun of devout faith who joins a remote convent in the picturesque Italian countryside. Her warm welcome quickly […]

3 weeks ago

The first major film to be set during the Famine, JOE recently spoke to one of its stars. Black ’47, the excellent Irish Western thriller, is available to stream for free right now. Accessible through the service Plex, the movie is set in 1847 and follows Irish soldier Feeney (James Frecheville, The Drop). Movie Title […]

3 weeks ago

The six-part ’eminently watchable’ thriller comes from the writers of hit shows The Assassin and The Missing. Angela Black, the very tense thriller miniseries starring Joanna Froggatt (Downton Abbey, Liar, MobLand), has just been added to Paramount+. The show focuses on Angela (Froggatt), a wife and mother of two, who is in an abusive relationship […]

3 weeks ago

The film is an absolute modern classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 24 September) is Top Gun: Maverick, the over $1.5 billion-grossing Oscar-winner from 2022. A sequel to the 1986 action classic Top Gun, the follow-up saw Tom Cruise (in the news now because of his new film Digger) reprise his role as […]

3 weeks 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 699, 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 […]

3 weeks ago

Michael Fassbender stars alongside his wife, though their roles are shrouded in mystery. Hope, the much-anticipated new action sci-fi thriller starring Irish Oscar-nominee Michael Fassbender (The Agency, Slow West), finally lands in cinemas this week. The movie is from acclaimed South Korean writer-director Na Hong-jin (The Chaser, The Wailing). The story centres around a mysterious […]

3 weeks ago

The thriller was filmed in a way that recalls Netflix’s Adolescence. Prime Video has just added Boiling Point, the 2021 British thriller drama with a whopping 99% Rotten Tomatoes score. Shot in one long take, the movie follows Andy Jones (a typically brilliant Stephen Graham, Netflix’s Adolescence, The Good Boy), the head chef at one of […]

1 month ago

‘[A] heart-pounding experience that’s not to be missed.’ Netflix has just added Wasteman, the 2026 British thriller movie with a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The directorial debut of Cal McMau, the film focuses on a prison cook named Taylor (played by rising star David Jonsson – Alien: Romulus, the next Black Panther). When […]

1 month 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 698, 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 […]

1 month ago

JOE spoke to the actor about the new production, his roles in Black ’47 and Sharon Horgan’s Youth, and Slow Horses. Acclaimed actor Freddie Fox (Black ’47, House of the Dragon, Slow Horses) will perform next month at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in High Society. The stage production is a new adaptation of the […]

1 month ago

The film has a high 91% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 23 September) is Piggy, a dark 2022 Spanish horror thriller. Also known as Cerdita, the film follows Sarah (Laura Galán), a teenage girl living in the rural town of Extremadura. She passes the summer by working in her parents’ […]

1 month ago

Catherine Corless spoke to JOE at the premiere of her powerful new drama. Catherine Corless has slammed the Government’s Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme as “horrible” while on the red carpet for her new biographical film, The Lost Children of Tuam. JOE spoke to the activist and historian at the drama’s premiere last Friday […]

1 month ago

‘It’s a big movie… when it does arrive, it’ll be an IMAX special.’ Panic Carefully, one of JOE’s most anticipated movies, has gotten an exciting update from its Irish star Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin). JOE spoke to Gillen on the red carpet for the premiere of his new RTÉ crime comedy series, Tall Tales & […]

1 month 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 697, 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 […]

1 month ago

Recently named the 26th best war movie of all time, the epic is from the same writer as Saving Private Ryan. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 22 September) is The Patriot, the 2000 historical war epic. Set during the American Revolutionary War in the 18th century, the film follows Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson, […]

1 month ago

The new season landed on streaming this week. The second season of MobLand, the Tom Hardy-starring crime drama, is earning very positive reviews, scoring a high 89% on Rotten Tomatoes. Created by Ronan Bennett (The Day of the Jackal, Top Boy) and directed in part by Guy Richie (The Covenant, In The Grey, Snatch), the […]

1 month ago

The film is essential viewing and is also currently available to stream for free. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 19 September) is The Wind That Shakes the Barley, one of the best Irish films ever. Directed by Ken Loach (Kes, Raining Stones), the story is set in Ireland in the 1920s. It begins […]

1 month 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 694, 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 […]

1 month ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 116th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They must then select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie No Time to Die […]

1 month ago

Holding an 84% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film is from the writer of The Equalizer trilogy and stars an Irish actor. Prime Video has just re-added Fast Charlie, the excellent 2023 crime thriller movie starring Pierce Brosnan (James Bond, MobLand). The Irish acting legend plays Charlie Swift, a fixer and hitman with a problem. […]

1 month ago

The film features one of the stars of the series 24 in the lead role. The Cellar, the 2022 Irish horror thriller starring Elisha Cuthbert (24, The Girl Next Door), is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 18 September). The actress plays Keira, a woman who has just moved into a secluded old house in Ireland […]

1 month ago

The 2023 film has an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 18 September) is Starve Acre, the 2023 British horror thriller. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Andrew Michael Hurley, the film follows Richard (Matt Smith), a university archaeology lecturer, and his wife, Jules (Morfydd Clark). […]

1 month ago

The film is from the director of the modern classic Gomorrah. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 17 September) is Io Capitano, the Oscar-nominated Italian thriller drama. Released in 2023, the film follows two poor teenagers, Seydou and Moussa (Seydou Sarr and Moustapha Fall), living in Dakar, Senegal. Together, they yearn for a brighter […]

1 month ago

News just in. RTÉ has confirmed that it will, once again, not participate in or broadcast the 2027 Eurovision Song Contest. In recent years, there have been increasing calls to boycott the competition on account of Israel’s involvement and to show solidarity with the people of Palestine. The Irish broadcaster withdrew from the 2026 Eurovision […]

1 month ago

JOE spoke to the director and star of the sure-to-be blockbuster that has broken a decades-long curse. Resident Evil, the fantastic new action horror, is available to watch in cinemas this week. The movie is the latest from comedian-turned-horror-maestro Zach Cregger (Barbarian, the Oscar-winning Weapons). Here, the director turns his attention to the classic horror […]

1 month ago

With JOE’s new column, you’ll never miss a movie airing on TV again. With all these films available on Irish TV, my pick of the week is The Wind That Shakes the Barley. For anyone who has ever stumbled upon one of JOE’s daily ‘movie on TV’ articles too late, this is the column for […]

1 month ago

A third film in the franchise looks like it’s finally on the way. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 16 September) is Sicario 2: Soldado, the underrated sequel to the brilliant action thriller Sicario. Sicario is the Spanish word for ‘hitman’, while Soldado is the Spanish word for ‘soldier’. The 2018 follow-up is set […]

1 month 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 693, 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 […]

1 month ago

Both shows are based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning epic Western novel. Netflix has announced that it is making Lonesome Dove, a new TV adaptation of the 1985 epic Western novel by Larry McMurtry (Hud, The Last Picture Show, Terms of Endearment). Set in the late 1870s, the book follows a group of audacious cowboys on […]

1 month ago