This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. There are so many films and series newly available to check out. Welcome back to JOE’s Weekend Streaming Guide, where we fill you in on the major movies and TV shows newly available to watch on streaming services. Scroll […]

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We’ve hit a milestone. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’ve made it to the milestone of Day 250 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 them. […]

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It’s an absolute classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 15 June) is Dead Man’s Shoes, the incredible 2004 psychological revenge thriller from co-writer and director Shane Meadows (This is England). The film follows Richard (co-writer Paddy Considine), a British soldier who returns to his sleepy Derbyshire hometown to get even with the thugs […]

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People have been urged not to share footage of the alleged interference on social media. A councillor has hit out against footage shared on social media which is alleged to show a person interfering with ancient human remains at the site of an archaeological excavation in Ballyfermot, Dublin. People Before Profit Councillor for the Ballyfermot/Drimnagh […]

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Made by an Oscar-winning filmmaker, some have called it one of the best sci-fi films of the 21st century. Netflix has just added Nope, the 2022 neo-Western sci-fi thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us). With its title standing for ‘Not of Planet Earth’, the movie revolves around two chalk and cheese siblings […]

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Based on a classic novel, the film boasts an all-star cast. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 14 June) is Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, the star-studded 2011 version of John le Carré’s classic spy thriller novel. Set in 1970s England, the film sees the head of MI6, Control (John Hurt), dispatch an agent (Mark […]

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Two Father Ted actors were in attendance, alongside the likes of Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon and Whoopi Goldberg. Irish celebrities Ardal O’Hanlon, Patrick Kielty and Tommy Tiernan were part of a group of about 100 comedians who met with Pope Francis this morning (Friday, 14 June). The entertainers were present at the event which took […]

1 year ago

Tragic news. A 17-year-old boy has died following a workplace accident at a premises in Cavan. In a statement to JOE, a Garda spokesperson confirmed that the incident occurred on Thursday afternoon (13 June) shortly after 4.30pm. The teenager was pronounced deceased at the scene and his body has been taken to the mortuary in […]

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As we always say, Friday is quiz day here at JOE. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 249 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 […]

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This is after they created the ‘song of the summer’. Kabin Krew, the child rappers from Cork behind the now mega-viral single ‘The Spark’, are set to take to the stage at a big Irish music festival this summer. According to RTÉ News, the group will perform a live show at Kaleidoscope, the Wicklow family […]

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The anthology series consists of seven ‘mind-bending stories’ of ‘supernatural sci-fi phenomena’. Black Mirror was recently announced to be returning for its seventh season in 2025 but if you can’t wait that long, Netflix has just released a new sci-fi anthology show. Titled Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams, the series comprises of seven episodes and, […]

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The acclaimed show’s eight episodes are streaming right now. Disney+ has just added Under the Bridge, a new crime drama series based on a shocking true story. Adapted from acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book of the same name, the show revolves around the 1997 killing of 14-year-old Canadian girl Reena Virk (played in the series […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The hit show’s blend of scabrous humour and hyper-violence returns with aplomb, as the series becomes sharper in its real-world critiques. Prime Video’s satirical superhero series The Boys has been one of the most consistently entertaining and watchable shows […]

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The film comes from the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 13 June) is To Live and Die in L.A., the ’80s neo-noir action crime thriller co-written and directed by the late and great William Friedkin. The film tells the story of two Secret Service agents […]

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The show is set in an ‘eerie lakeside town where an arson, missing persons cold case, and an illicit triangle are intricately intertwined’. The BBC has released new images from its upcoming crime drama The Jetty, which looks like it could be a must-watch for fans of Happy Valley. Instead of Happy Valley’s Yorkshire setting, […]

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The series is a reboot of both a classic novel and movie. Presumed Innocent, a new legal thriller series starring Oscar-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, has just premiered on Apple TV+. The show is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by lawyer Scott Turow that was previously made into an acclaimed 1990 movie starring […]

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Despite earning rave reviews, the gangster series will not be back for a third season. Tokyo Vice, one of the best reviewed crime thriller shows of recent years, has been cancelled after two seasons. Based on the 2009 memoir of the same name and created by playwright J.T. Rogers (Oslo), the series revolves around real-life […]

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It’s from the director of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 12 June) is The Conversation, the amazing 1974 thriller from writer-director Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather trilogy, this year’s Megalopolis). Two-time Oscar-winner Gene Hackman in the film plays a surveillance expert named Harry Caul who […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The revenge thriller has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. Prime Video has just added Blue Ruin, the extremely tense US indie revenge thriller movie from 2013. The film centres around Dwight (Macon Blair, Oppenheimer), a homeless drifter who returns […]

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She is following in her Derry Girls co-star Nicola Coughlan’s footsteps in fronting a steamy Netflix show. Netflix has unveiled a teaser trailer for The Decameron, its raunchy new period-set comedy thriller series starring Derry Girls’ Saoirse-Monica Jackson. The eight-episode show is loosely inspired by the iconic short story collection of the same name by […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It also features several of the most famous actors of recent years. Prime Video has just added Smokin’ Aces, the crazy 2006 action movie which boasts an outrageously stacked ensemble cast. Written and directed by action maestro Joe Carnahan […]

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From one of the writers of Paddington 2, the crowd-pleasing film has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 11 June) is The Phantom of the Open, the acclaimed 2021 sports comedy. Based on true events, the film tells the story of Maurice Flitcroft (Oscar-winner Mark Rylance – Bridge […]

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The soon to be rebooted thriller is fronted by Oscar-winner and features a starry supporting cast. Netflix has just added Dark Places, the 2015 mystery thriller movie based on the 2009 novel of the same name from author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects). The film centres around a woman named Libby Day (Oscar-winner Charlize […]

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‘The Western elements of this story aren’t superfluous, they are organic,’ one of its stars told JOE. Fallout – Prime Video’s much-anticipated big-budget series adaptation of the popular video game franchise – finally lands this week on the streaming service and JOE had the opportunity to speak to some of its cast members. For those […]

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Several have joked that the alleged mouse ‘should be arrested’. Vote counters at an election polling station in Mayo on Saturday (8 June) were reportedly warned to be careful following fears that a mouse may have gotten into a ballot box. After people across the country went to the polls to vote in the local […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It’s been a busy week in terms of big films being added to streaming services. Looking for something to watch this weekend? Well, look no further than our weekend streaming guide below – designed to make deciding what movies […]

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The darkly comic thriller film has an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix has just added Bodies Bodies Bodies, the acclaimed 2022 dark comedy mystery thriller movie. It centres around a group of rich and entitled 20-somethings in the US who plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion. After drinking and doing drugs […]

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It features two major Irish stars amongst its large ensemble cast. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 8 June) is Dunkirk, the 2017 war epic from recent Oscar-winner Christopher Nolan. As technically spectacular as you can expect from the mind of the writer-director who gave us The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Oppenheimer – […]

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Enliven your weekend with this brain-testing quiz. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 243 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 them. You […]

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From the director of Dazed and Confused and School of Rock, the film has been called one of 2024’s best so far. Hit Man has just been added to Netflix, the new already acclaimed crime comedy movie starring Glen Powell (Anyone but You, Top Gun: Maverick). Co-written by Powell alongside director Richard Linklater (Dazed and […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It has been earning a lot of comparisons to the brilliant Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Comedian and musician ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic is best known for his parodies of famous songs. As such, it makes sense that a […]

1 year ago

As we always say, Friday is quiz day at JOE. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 242 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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This was after ‘failed attempts to sedate the animal’. Gardaí have confirmed that a pitbull was shot by the Armed Response Unit after attacking residents in Cork city this week. This is the third reported major dog attack in Ireland in recent weeks. In a statement to JOE, a Garda spokesperson said that on Thursday […]

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It’s also one of the best films of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 7 June) is Apocalypse Now, the ’70s war epic from co-writer and director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather trilogy, this year’s Megalopolis). Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Dennis Hopper, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Duvall, Scott Glenn […]

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They served four years and three months for the voluntary manslaughter of Limerick man Jason Corbett. Molly Martens (40) and Tom Martens (73) have been freed from prison in North Carolina, according to reports. This is after serving four years and three months for the voluntary manslaughter of Limerick man Jason Corbett (39). The daughter […]

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Coming from the creator of Netflix hit Russian Doll, it holds a 94% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Acolyte, the latest series in the iconic Star Wars franchise, has just premiered on Disney+. Hailing from the acclaimed writer-director Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), the show is set before the events of the Skywalker Saga, with […]

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In another unexpected move, it is also set to star a recent Oscar nominee. Hostel, the Eli Roth-created splatter-horror movie franchise, is reportedly getting a surprise new TV reboot. And in another unexpected move, a recently Oscar-nominated actor is said to have already signed on to the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paul Giamatti […]

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Directed by one of the team behind Gangs of London and starring an Oscar nominee, the movie has been getting quite good reviews. Netflix has just added a new shark movie that looks like it should appeal to fans of Deep Blue Sea, Jaws, The Meg and The Shallows. The film is titled Under Paris […]

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It features a real-life father and daughter duo in the lead roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 5 June) is Flag Day, the 2021 crime drama directed by and starring the Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn (Mystic River). Based on a true story, the film centres around the daughter (Dylan Penn) of a notorious […]

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It comes as the future of the hit series is still up in the air. Hit Irish crime drama series Kin’s second season is finally coming to Netflix next month, having already earned acclaim on both RTÉ and the BBC. Co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciarán Donnelly, the show’s first season premiered in 2021 – […]

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A good mix of new and old gems. In the past few weeks, Netflix in Ireland and the UK have been busy adding dozens of movies – here’s the best of the bunch. About Time Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill Nighy star in this sci-fi comedy drama from the director of Love Actually that will probably […]

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Written and directed by someone more well-known outside of filmmaking, the thriller has developed a bit of a cult following in the years since its release. Netflix has just added Nocturnal Animals to its library, the excellent and unsettling thriller movie written and directed by fashion designer Tom Ford (A Single Man). Adapted from the […]

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Spice up your Bank Holiday Monday with our latest quiz. 15 quick-fire questions. Three minutes on the clock. Let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 238 When the answer is a number, spell out the number or put […]

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The very tense thriller stars an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight is The Call, the absolutely breakneck thriller from 2013 starring Oscar-winner Halle Berry. In the film, she plays Jordan, a veteran operator for an emergency call-centre who saves lives daily as part of her job. “When a young woman’s frantic report […]

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Awful news. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a road crash in Mayo that left five teenagers injured, of which one is said to be in critical condition. Shortly before 4am on Monday (3 June), Gardaí and emergency services responded to a collision on the N5 at Deerpark near Swinford involving a single car. The […]

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The change will take effect from the start of next month. The Government has announced that its free contraception scheme has been expanded to include women between the ages of 32 and 35. From the start of next month (1 July), women in the age bracket between 17 to 35 will be able to apply […]

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There is going to be several exciting new additions, particular for fans of action and thrillers. Another month has passed, meaning it’s time for us to run down all the Netflix original movies and TV shows coming to the streaming service over the next 30 days. Netflix original movies arriving in June: The Price of […]

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15 questions hot off the presses. That’s right, we have another daily quick-fire quiz for you. So, hit play, start the clock and try your best to get a perfect score. Good luck and let us know how you do. If the JOE quick-fire quiz does not display below, just click here. The JOE quick-fire general […]

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The film may be on late tonight but we highly recommend checking it out. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 June) is February, the acclaimed 2015 mystery horror thriller also known as The Blackcoat’s Daughter in some territories. Told over multiple timelines, the film primarily focuses on two girls (Kiernan Shipka and Lucy […]

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After its cinema release just last December, the Oscar-winning blockbuster is now available to watch at home. Godzilla Minus One, the beloved 2023 monster movie that picked up an Oscar earlier this year, has finally been added to Netflix. Hailing from Japan, the country which gave us the first Godzilla film all the way back […]

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