This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The connections between the two projects run much deeper than both just being set in Ancient Rome. With the release of the trailer for Gladiator II and the release of Prime Video’s new historical epic series Those About to […]

1 year ago

The show is set in an ‘eerie lakeside town where an arson, missing persons cold case, and an illicit triangle are intricately intertwined’. The new BBC crime drama The Jetty is a must-watch for fans of Happy Valley. Instead of Happy Valley’s Yorkshire setting, The Jetty takes place in an “eerie lakeside town” in Lancashire […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the second entry in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. Each week, we will prepare 20 questions designed to test movie lovers. And making matters slightly harder – players only have five minutes to fill out the answers. Have what it takes? Play below and […]

1 year ago

There is so much newly available to watch. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Another week, another batch of new movie and TV show additions to the big streaming services. Here’s the films and series you can check out in Ireland now. Movies The Batman […]

1 year ago

It’s a must for fans of silly but hysterical comedies like Hot Rod and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. For those on the hunt for a funny new comedy movie, we’d recommend Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain which is now streaming via Sky Cinema and NOW Cinema. As you can probably guess […]

1 year ago

It is definitely one of Bruce Willis’ most underrated movies. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Lucky Number Slevin, the 2006 neo-noir crime thriller movie with a truly all-star cast, is now streaming on Prime Video. Directed by Paul McGuigan (Gangster No. 1, Sherlock), the […]

1 year ago

The modern classic was also recently added to Prime Video. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 13 July) is Black Hawk Down, which was recently named one of the greatest war films of all time. Directed by Ridley […]

1 year ago

Time to get quizzing. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 274 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 can have a go […]

1 year ago

The teen played football for a local team and has been remembered as a ‘lovely gentleman’ who was ‘an absolute pleasure to be around’. A mother and her teenage son from Mayo who reportedly died in a road crash in Pakistan have been named locally as Noreen Shafiq and Umar Shafiq. The Shafiq family has […]

1 year ago

Gardaí say that the woman in her 30s was ‘assaulted by a number of youths’. A female Bus Éireann driver has been taken to hospital after reportedly being shot in the face with an air gun in Limerick on Friday afternoon (12 July). According the National Bus & Rail Union (NBRU), the incident occurred on […]

1 year ago

Kick off your weekend with a quiz. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 273 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 can […]

1 year ago

The sadly underseen gem has an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 12 July) is Last Passenger, an extremely tense 2013 British thriller. It tells the story of a group of passengers, including a doctor (played by Dougray Scott, Mission: Impossible 2) and his son, on a night train from […]

1 year ago

Update: 5pm, 12 July The FAI has paid tribute to the young player. A teenage girl who died during a football match in Louth on Thursday evening (11 July) has been named locally as Zara Murphy. The young player took ill as she played for Termonfeckin Celtic FC against her former club Glen Magic FC. […]

1 year ago

At long last, Friday and the Pub Quiz are here. Welcome to another edition of the JOE Friday Pub Quiz. Alongside side your traditional trio of rounds, this week we have a true or false round and a round about identifying logos. Think you can get top marks? Play below and find out. And when […]

1 year ago

This comes after the death of a 23-year-old woman last month following an XL bully attack. XL bully dogs are set to banned in Ireland under new regulations that will begin to take effect this year, according to reports. Currently, there are no bans in place for XL bullies in the country, though they are […]

1 year ago

‘The heavyweight tear-jerker of the year.’ This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Prime Video has just added The Iron Claw, the brilliant sports drama that landed in Irish cinemas last February and is based on a shocking true story. Written and directed by Sean Durkin […]

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The original was a massive hit for Netflix. The Platform, one of Netflix’s best and biggest original thrillers ever, is getting a sequel set for a release later this year. Hailing from Spain, the 2019 movie tells the story of a man named Goreng (Iván Massagué) who one day wakes up in a tower-style holding […]

1 year ago

“It was one of the most notorious and horrific killings this country has ever witnessed.” This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. A new documentary about Charlotte and Linda Mulhall – dubbed the ‘Scissor Sisters’ by Irish media – and their killing of Farah Swaleh Noor […]

1 year ago

The Irish film has a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Prime Video has just added Double Blind, the brilliant Irish horror thriller movie which was released in cinemas just last February. The film centres on a group of cash-strapped […]

1 year ago

The film is from the director of Man on Fire, Top Gun and True Romance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 11 July) is Beverly Hills Cop II, the second entry in the classic action comedy franchise which was directed by the great Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Top Gun, True Romance). The plot […]

1 year ago

The show has also been handed a release date as fans have been complaining about the wait for season two. The second season of Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller series Severance has gotten its first teaser trailer and a release date. This is as fans have taken to social media to complain about how long they […]

1 year ago

If you’re looking for a short film to check out this weekday, the heist flick is a breezy 88-minutes-long. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 10 July) is Armored, a 2009 heist action thriller starring Matt Dillon (Crash), Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix). The film revolves around Ty (Columbus […]

1 year ago

The Western was itself a remake. A Fistful of Dollars, the first entry in Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dollars Trilogy of movies, is getting a remake. Directed by Leone and starring Eastwood in his first lead role, the 1964 Western sees the latter play a wandering gunfighter who arrives in a Mexican village […]

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It has a sequel coming out in October, so now is a perfect time to catch up with the film. Smile, the 2022 acclaimed smash-hit horror movie, has finally been added to Netflix. Written and directed by Parker Finn, based off an earlier short he made, the film revolves around a doctor named Rose (a […]

1 year ago

If you love John Wick or The Raid, do yourself a favour and seek this out. 2024 has not been a bad year so far for action movie fans thanks to the likes of Civil War, The Fall Guy, Furiosa and Land of Bad. It must be said though, all of these pale in terms […]

1 year ago

It’s a must-watch for fans of serial killer thrillers like Fallen, The Silence of the Lambs, Se7en and Zodiac. We’re over halfway through the year but 2024 has already given Irish cinema goers some 5/5 movies. I’d comfortably label the unforgettably haunting Holocaust drama The Zone of Interest, the devastatingly emotional All of Us Strangers […]

1 year ago

Here’s all the information you need on how to watch the show in Ireland. A new detective thriller series has premiered on the BBC and is proving a hit with both viewers and critics. That show is The Turkish Detective, which centres around Mehmet Suleyman (Ethan Kai) – a British detective who arrives in Istanbul […]

1 year ago

It comes from the creator of the hit drama series Euphoria. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 9 July) is Assassination Nation, the 2018 dark comedy thriller movie from writer-director Sam Levinson (Euphoria, The Idol, Malcolm and Marie). The film revolves around four teenage friends (Abra, Hari Nef, Odessa Young and Suki Waterhouse) whose […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the first in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. Each week, we will prepare 20 questions designed to test movie lovers. And making matters slightly harder – players only have five minutes to fill out the answers. Have what it takes? Play below and find […]

1 year ago

The Hitchcockian psychological thriller is based on an acclaimed novel and stars an Oscar-winner. Eileen, one of 2023’s most sadly underseen movies, is now available to stream through Sky Cinema and NOW Cinema. Based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Ottessa Moshfegh (My Year of Rest and Relaxation) and directed by William […]

1 year ago

The film has been compared to the work of Guy Ritchie. The Art of the Steal, a star-studded crime comedy heist movie, has just been added to Netflix. The film follows Crunch Calhoun (Kurt Russell), a motorcycle daredevil and art thief, who agrees to help his half-brother (Matt Dillon) with one last heist. As Crunch […]

1 year ago

The series hailed from the creators of The Matrix. Netflix’s new British superhero drama Supacell has been major success, topping the service’s TV charts in the UK and scoring a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. And having watched all of its six episodes, we’d say the show’s inventive ground-level superhero storytelling, its great performances […]

1 year ago

He won the Lotto jackpot over 25 years ago. An Irish man who won the Lotto over 25 years ago has died while holidaying abroad. According to multiple outlets, Michael Kelly – who was in 60s and was from Birr in Offaly – died in a road crash on Thursday (4 July) in Turkey, where […]

1 year ago

Spice up your weekend with a quiz. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 268 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 can […]

1 year ago

The scene is currently preserved. The bodies of two men have been found in the Grand Canal in Dublin, with Gardaí confirming they are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the discovery. In a statement to JOE, a Garda spokesperson said the bodies of the men in their 40s were discovered on Saturday morning (6 […]

1 year ago

He picked up a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the modern classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 6 July) is the 2001 crime thriller Training Day, one of Denzel Washington’s very best films. It centres around rookie cop Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke) as he spends his first day as a Los […]

1 year ago

Streaming on Netflix now, the stylish flick’s deft blend of action, horror and thriller elements makes it a film anyone can enjoy. Title – The Guest Year – 2014 Plot – “A string of mysterious deaths leads a teenager (Maika Monroe) to become suspicious of a soldier (Dan Stevens) who showed up on her family’s […]

1 year ago

This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Several major titles are newly available to stream. JOE’s weekend streaming column is back with another batch of movie and TV recommendations. So, scroll below to learn about all the gems you could be checking out over the next […]

1 year ago

‘A very sad day for Inishbofin.’ A man whose body was recovered from the water off the coast of Galway this week has been named locally as 51-year-old fisherman John Burke. Speaking to RTÉ News at One on Thursday (4 July), Divisional Controller at the Valencia Coordination Centre John Draper said that just after 10.15 […]

1 year ago

This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Holding a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, it was written and directed by the creator of Peaky Blinders. Prime Video has just added Locke, the 2013 movie starring Tom Hardy which was written and directed by Steven Knight – […]

1 year ago

Happy Friday quiz fans! Once again, the smell of the weekend is in the air, and as usual, it smells good. If someone could bottle that magical ‘Weekend Feeling’, it would fly off the shelves. There’s nothing like it. Anyway, something else that should get your weekend senses tingling is this quiz. So let’s get […]

1 year ago

The film won two Oscars. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 5 July) is Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 Western film masterpiece. Set two years before the US Civil War, Jamie Foxx stars as a slave named Django who finds himself accompanying an unorthodox German bounty hunter named Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) on […]

1 year ago

Friday is quiz day here at JOE. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 267 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 can […]

1 year ago

One for fans of old school action flicks. Netflix has just added Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, the new fourth entry in the legendary action comedy movie franchise. Eddie Murphy reprises his role as Axel Foley, a Detroit police officer who travels back to Beverly Hills after his estranged lawyer daughter, Jane Saunders (Taylour Paige, […]

1 year ago

It comes from the producer of Get Out and Paranormal Activity. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 4 July) is Dark Skies, the underrated sci-fi horror thriller from 2013. It centres around a married couple (played by Josh Hamilton and Keri Russell) whose peaceful life in the suburbs with their sons is shattered by […]

1 year ago

It’s one of the most anticipated films of the year. For many horror movie fans, the release of the new film MaXXXine has been the most anticipated event on the cinematic calendar. After all, it is writer-director Ti West’s follow-up to his 2022 slasher X and its prequel Pearl – two of the coolest movies […]

1 year ago

This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The film has split audiences right down the middle. The Outwaters, the divisive micro-budget found footage horror movie from 2022, is now available to stream at home via Prime Video. The film opens by telling the audience that four […]

1 year ago

The show puts a fresh spin on a classic type of story. Netflix has just added a fun new sci-fi superhero series which is being described as ‘Top Boy meets Misfits’. That show is titled Supacell and revolves around a group of five ordinary people who unexpectedly develop superpowers. They have little in common except […]

1 year ago

Featuring an Irish acting titan in the lead role, it’s a true underseen gem. Citizen X, a brilliant underseen crime thriller based on a shocking true story, has been made available to stream on Sky Atlantic and NOW Entertainment. Released as a TV movie by HBO back in 1995, it tells the story of real-life […]

1 year ago

It features a great ensemble cast. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 25 June) is In a Valley of Violence, the excellent 2016 Western with a star-studded cast. The film sees Ethan Hawke play a mysterious drifter in the Old West who, while travelling toward Mexico, stumbles into a town known as the “valley […]

1 year ago