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  • One of the best action movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best action movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    Be warned though, this sadly underseen film with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score is not for the faint-hearted. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 17 August) is Revenge, the incredible and sadly underseen 2017 action thriller. Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat in her feature debut, the film revolves around a young woman named […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 305

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 305

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 305 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Warning issued after drugs which are ‘causing fits’ discovered at Electric Picnic

    Warning issued after drugs which are ‘causing fits’ discovered at Electric Picnic

    The HSE has issued new advice for those attending the major Irish music festival taking place this weekend. A drug warning has been issued by the HSE after high strength MDMA which is “causing medical emergencies” was discovered at the currently ongoing Electric Picnic. Electric Picnic is taking place at Stradbally in Laois this weekend […]

    1 year ago

  • Viewers raving about feel-good hidden gem Irish comedy now streaming on Netflix

    Viewers raving about feel-good hidden gem Irish comedy now streaming on Netflix

    The movie stars a beloved Oscar-winning actress. Viewers have taken to social media to rave about 2022 Irish comedy-drama movie Joyride starring Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite). Written by Ailbhe Keogan (Bad Sisters) and directed by the acclaimed Emer Reynolds (The Farthest), the film revolves around a pre-teen boy in Kerry named Mully (Charlie Reid) […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added a very dark thriller movie with a Game of Thrones star

    Netflix has just added a very dark thriller movie with a Game of Thrones star

    Tapping into real world fears, the film earned solid reviews upon its 2022 release. Netflix has just added to its service Baby Ruby, a 2022 psychological horror thriller movie starring Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tár) and Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones, Industry). The film revolves around Jo (Merlant), a successful lifestyle […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 304

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 304

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 304 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars a future Oscar-winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 16 August) is Moon, the incredible 2009 sci-fi starring future Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). In the film, the actor plays Sam Bell, an astronaut in the future whose solo three-year work shift […]

    1 year ago

  • Massively underappreciated sci-fi with gut-punch ending streaming on Netflix now

    Massively underappreciated sci-fi with gut-punch ending streaming on Netflix now

    With its unforgettable imagery and thrilling set-pieces, this is a movie that gets better with each viewing. There was a time around the late 2000s/early 2010s when ambitious, intellectual science fiction stories were all the rage at the cinema. Around then, we had such box-office hits as Arrival, Deja Vu, District 9, Ex Machina, I […]

    1 year ago

  • New Alien movie promises to have the most ‘realistic, visceral’ carnage yet

    New Alien movie promises to have the most ‘realistic, visceral’ carnage yet

    ‘It’s never been done in the way we did it on this film, like in such a realistic, grounded, visceral way,’ the sci-fi movie’s director told JOE. Alien: Romulus arrives in cinemas this week and you can read JOE’s rave review for the latest entry in the legendary horror sci-fi franchise right here. The movie […]

    1 year ago

  • Beloved spy thriller series finally available to stream at home

    Beloved spy thriller series finally available to stream at home

    The show will be getting a remake soon starring Michael Fassbender and Richard Gere. The Bureau, the beloved French spy thriller series due to get a Hollywood remake soon, is finally available to stream via Paramount+. The original show centres on the daily lives and missions of agents with France’s external security service – its […]

    1 year ago

  • Denzel Washington’s best sci-fi movie is on TV tonight

    Denzel Washington’s best sci-fi movie is on TV tonight

    The film re-teamed the actor with the director of Man on Fire two years later. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 15 August) is Deja Vu, the best sci-fi movie to star Denzel Washington (Man on Fire). The thriller is set in the wake of a bombing on a ferry carrying US Navy sailors […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of 2024 finally available to watch this week

    One of the best sci-fi movies of 2024 finally available to watch this week

    We have a feeling this will be a real crowdpleaser. Alien: Romulus arrives at an interesting crossroads point in the legendary horror sci-fi franchise. By the time of its release, we’ve had the first two undisputed masterpieces, as well as a bunch of odd curios – nearly all of which have their ardent defenders. There’s […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added an absolutely nail-biting action thriller movie

    Netflix has just added an absolutely nail-biting action thriller movie

    Part of the film was surprisingly filmed in Dublin. Horizon Line, a very fun if absolutely nail-biting action thriller movie, has just been added to Netflix. First released in 2020, the film comes from two of the writers of 10 Cloverfield Lane and is produced by Jaume Collet-Serra, the director of Blake Lively-led shark flick […]

    1 year ago

  • A very fun new crime mystery series is now available to stream at home

    A very fun new crime mystery series is now available to stream at home

    The show comes from the creator of Scrubs and Ted Lasso. Bad Monkey, a new crime comedy mystery series starring Vince Vaughn, has just premiered on Apple TV+, Based on the novel of the same name by Carl Hiaasen, the show sees Vaughn play Andrew Yancy – a detective for the Miami Police Department who […]

    1 year ago

  • Erotic thriller with ‘disturbing’ Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman scene streaming now

    Erotic thriller with ‘disturbing’ Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman scene streaming now

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The actors have publicly defended the controversial movie. An erotic thriller movie starring Wednesday actress Jenna Ortega and Sherlock actor Martin Freeman is finally available to stream on Prime Video. Miller’s Girl was released in American cinemas in January […]

    1 year ago

  • A fun twist on a Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    A fun twist on a Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film comes from the director of Iron Man. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 14 August) is Cowboys & Aliens, the 2011 Western sci-fi from director Jon Favreau (Elf, Iron Man 1 & 2). It centres around an amnesiac gunslinger (Daniel Craig) wearing a mysterious metal shackle on his wrist who wanders into […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the most divisive superhero movies ever is on TV tonight

    One of the most divisive superhero movies ever is on TV tonight

    The final chapter in the superhero saga is also available to stream easily. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 13 August) is Glass, the 2019 conclusion to writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable/Split trilogy. Set following the events of Split, it begins with the villainous Kevin Wendell Crumb (James McAvoy) – a man with dissociative […]

    1 year ago

  • Urgent search continues for kayaker missing off Waterford coast

    Urgent search continues for kayaker missing off Waterford coast

    ‘Wind and low-lying mist’ in the area has made search conditions ‘challenging’. An urgent search is continuing this morning (Tuesday, 13 August) for a kayaker missing off the Waterford coast. In a statement to JOE, a Department of Transport spokesperson said that the person went missing the previous morning around Helvick Head in Dungarvan. A […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week Six

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week Six

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the sixth entry in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. We are presenting players with stills from 15 movies. They then have to select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the […]

    1 year ago

  • One of 2024’s most underrated movies is available to stream at home now

    One of 2024’s most underrated movies is available to stream at home now

    The film stars an Irish Oscar-nominated actress. Night Swim, the 2024 horror movie starring Irish Oscar-nominated actress Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin), is now available to watch via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema. Produced by legendary horror figures James Wan (The Conjuring, Saw) and Jason Blum (Get Out, Sinister), the film sees Condon play […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has just added a brilliant recent Irish movie

    Prime Video has just added a brilliant recent Irish movie

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The horror film has an incredibly cool premise. Prime Video has added the excellent Irish horror movie All You Need is Death to its service, just weeks after the film’s cinema release. Written and directed by Paul Duane (Secret […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    This action comedy stars one of the best actors in the world and has a whopping 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 10 August) is Riders of Justice, the 2020 action comedy starring Mads Mikkelsen (Casino Royale, Hannibal). In the film, Mikkelsen plays Markus, a Danish soldier in Afghanistan who […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 298

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 298

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 298 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added a very clever mystery thriller movie

    Netflix has just added a very clever mystery thriller movie

    One of the main cast members of The Office wrote, directed and starred in the film. Netflix has just added Vengeance, the acclaimed 2022 comedy mystery thriller movie from writer-director B.J. Novak (Ryan in The US Office). Novak stars in the film as well, playing a New York journalist and podcaster named Ben who travels […]

    1 year ago

  • Cabinet to sign off on €24m Stardust redress scheme for families of victims

    Cabinet to sign off on €24m Stardust redress scheme for families of victims

    Earlier in the year, the jury in the Stardust inquests reached a verdict of unlawful killing in the case of all 48 deaths. The Cabinet is set to sign off on a €24 million redress scheme for the families of the victims of the Stardust fire, according to multiple outlets. 48 people died in the […]

    1 year ago

  • A new star-studded heist movie is now available to stream at home

    A new star-studded heist movie is now available to stream at home

    The film comes from the director of The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow and Road House and stars two Oscar-winners. Apple TV+ has just added to its service The Instigators, a new heist comedy movie starring Ocean’s Eleven cast mates and Oscar-winners Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) and Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting). The […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 297

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 297

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 297 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A hidden gem action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A hidden gem action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    Slightly ahead of its time, the film shares similarities with one of 2024’s biggest action movies. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 9 August) is Bushwick, a 2017 action thriller starring Dave Bautista (Dune, Guardians of the Galaxy). In the film, the wrestler-turned-actor plays a combat veteran living in the Bushwick area of Brooklyn, […]

    1 year ago

  • Megan Fox stars in new R-rated erotic thriller trailer as a seductive killer AI

    Megan Fox stars in new R-rated erotic thriller trailer as a seductive killer AI

    We’re starting the campaign to have the actress credited as M3GAN FOX in the new movie. Artificial intelligence (AI) has been all the rage in the movies lately, thanks to the likes of The Creator, M3GAN (and its upcoming spin-off SOULM8TE), Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning, as well as this month’s new horror AfrAId. Adding […]

    1 year ago

  • New Jack Black and Kevin Hart film debuts with rare 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

    New Jack Black and Kevin Hart film debuts with rare 0% Rotten Tomatoes score

    Despite a stacked cast – featuring two Oscar-winners – critics have not been kind to the sci-fi action comedy. The big screen adaptation of the popular video game series Borderlands has landed with a critical thud, debuting with a rare 0% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Helmed by director Eli Roth (last year’s excellent slasher Thanksgiving), […]

    1 year ago

  • Incredibly underrated thriller with huge twist is on TV tonight

    Incredibly underrated thriller with huge twist is on TV tonight

    Based on a graphic novel, the film mines a universal fear for maximum tension. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 8 August) is Old, the 2021 horror thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (The Sixth Sense, Signs, the upcoming Trap). Based on the Swiss graphic novel Sandcastle, the film revolves around a group of […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has added one of the best action thriller movies of the 21st century

    Netflix has added one of the best action thriller movies of the 21st century

    Based on a graphic novel, the film was nominated for two Oscars. Netflix has just added A History of Violence, one of the best action thriller movies of the 21st century. Released in 2005 and based on the DC graphic novel of the same name, the film stars Viggo Mortensen (Lord of the Rings) as […]

    1 year ago

  • New Irish movie being dubbed ‘scariest film of the year’

    New Irish movie being dubbed ‘scariest film of the year’

    Move over, Longlegs. A new movie is being dubbed “the scariest film of the year hands down” and even more excitedly, it’s an Irish movie. That horror thriller is titled Oddity and hails from Cork based writer-director Damien Mc Carthy, whose debut feature Caveat creeped us out back in 2020. Landing in Irish cinemas this […]

    1 year ago

  • Crime drama series streaming now looks like must-see for Broadchurch fans

    Crime drama series streaming now looks like must-see for Broadchurch fans

    The BBC murder mystery show boasts a great cast. What Remains, 2013 BBC crime drama mini-series, is now available to watch again via NOW Entertainment and the Alibi channel. Written by Tony Basgallop (Servant) and Coky Giedroyc (Penny Dreadful), the show sees couple Michael (Russell Tovey, The Sister) and Vidya (Amber Rose Revah, The Punisher) […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 295

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 295

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 295 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A cult ’90s action movie is airing on TV tonight

    A cult ’90s action movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film features a famous athlete in one of its leading roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 7 August) is Double Team, the 1997 buddy action flick starring legend of the genre Jean-Claude Van Damme, alongside basketball player Dennis Rodman. JCVD stars in the film as a CIA agent who is interned to […]

    1 year ago

  • Brilliant legal thriller movie with Ryan Gosling becomes surprise Netflix hit

    Brilliant legal thriller movie with Ryan Gosling becomes surprise Netflix hit

    From the director of Primal Fear, Gosling stars in the film opposite a two-time Oscar-winner. An excellent legal thriller now on Netflix was the most streamed movie in Ireland over the past week, according to JustWatch. That film is Fracture, a 2007 movie starring Oscar-nominee Ryan Gosling (Barbie) and Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of […]

    1 year ago

  • Gardaí appealing for witnesses after woman’s death in Tipperary

    Gardaí appealing for witnesses after woman’s death in Tipperary

    All the circumstances surrounding the death are being investigated. A witness appeal has been launched in the wake of the discovery of a woman’s body in Tipperary over the August Bank Holiday weekend. In a statement, Gardaí said that the body was found at a residence at St Joseph’s Park in Nenagh on Sunday afternoon […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added one of the greatest Western movies of the 21st century

    Netflix has just added one of the greatest Western movies of the 21st century

    Be warned though, this sadly underseen Western with an Irish twist is not for the faint-hearted. Netflix has just added The Nightingale, the 2018 Western thriller movie starring Irish actress Aisling Franciosi (The Fall, the upcoming Speak No Evil). In the film, she delivers a phenomenal performance as a young Irish convict named Clare in […]

    1 year ago

  • The creator of Longlegs’ next movie could be even more terrifying

    The creator of Longlegs’ next movie could be even more terrifying

    The writer-director has already filmed two more horror movies, one of which is based on a Stephen King story. Longlegs is without a doubt one of this year’s biggest cinema success stories. Made on a moderately low budget of $10 million by writer-director Osgood Perkins – a cult figure in movie circles known for making […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 294

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 294

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 294 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best action movies of the decade so far is on TV tonight

    One of the best action movies of the decade so far is on TV tonight

    A sequel is due for release this time next year. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 6 August) is Nobody, the 2021 film that saw Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul) unexpectedly and successfully go full action man. In the box office hit, he plays a seemingly ordinary husband and father named Hutch whose family […]

    1 year ago

  • The best Irish movie of 2024 so far is finally available to watch this week

    The best Irish movie of 2024 so far is finally available to watch this week

    This is one of those cases where you should believe the hype. To those not rigorously keeping up with all things movies and music, the new film Kneecap – focusing on the much-discussed Belfast-based hip-hop trio of the same name – may appear to be a documentary. In fact, it’s something way more fascinating and […]

    1 year ago

  • Post-apocalyptic series earning comparisons to The Last of Us streaming now

    Post-apocalyptic series earning comparisons to The Last of Us streaming now

    The show has already been renewed for two more seasons. A new post-apocalyptic series that has earned strong comparisons to The Last of Us is now available to watch via NOW Entertainment and Sky Max. That show is The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, a spin-off of the hit zombie drama series The Walking Dead which […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 293

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 293

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 293 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 […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best comedy movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best comedy movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    This spoof is wickedly clever, immensely quotable and filled with incredible cameos. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 4 August) is Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, the 2007 spoof comedy poking fun at musical biopics like I’m Not There, Ray and Walk the Line. John C. Reilly (Boogie Nights, Step Brothers) stars as […]

    1 year ago

  • Tributes pour in after Mary Lou McDonald’s father Paddy dies

    Tributes pour in after Mary Lou McDonald’s father Paddy dies

    The Sinn Féin leader has thanked the public for their support. Tributes are pouring in following the death of Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald’s father, Patrick Bernard ‘Paddy’ McDonald. The politician took to social media on Sunday morning (4 August) to announce the news of her father’s passing and to thank the public for […]

    1 year ago

  • Status Orange warning issued for several counties over Bank Holiday weekend

    Status Orange warning issued for several counties over Bank Holiday weekend

    The impacts of the weather conditions include ‘expected flooding’ and ‘very difficult travelling conditions’. Three counties have been issued a Status Orange weather warning as “heavy” rain is set to hit Ireland. The orange rain alert from Met Éireann applies to the counties Donegal, Galway and Mayo and is scheduled to take effect from 12am […]

    1 year ago

  • One of Keanu Reeves’ best movies has just been added to Prime Video

    One of Keanu Reeves’ best movies has just been added to Prime Video

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. While it received mixed reviews upon its release, the film has garnered a strong cult following. With movies like John Wick, Point Break, Speed and The Matrix, Keanu Reeves’ filmography is very impressive. That said, if you’re looking for […]

    1 year ago