Stephen Porzio

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Stephen Porzio is a senior writer at JOE, having joined the website in March 2021. JOE’s principal entertainment writer, his area of expertise is movies and television. He covers new releases, streaming additions, and what’s on TV, while also regularly speaking to acclaimed actors and directors about their latest work. Stephen graduated with a BA in English and Film from UCD and an MA in journalism from DCU. He has previously had work published in Hot Press, The Times (Ireland Edition) and The Irish Sun, and is also an experienced podcaster.

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  • The best Western movie of 2024 is finally available to stream at home

    The best Western movie of 2024 is finally available to stream at home

    The film has a near-perfect 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The best Western movie of 2024, The Last Stop in Yuma County, is finally available to watch at home. Streaming via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema, the neo-Western noir stars Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) as a travelling knife salesman in the ’70s who stops off […]

    1 year ago

  • Irish store that sold this week’s winning €4.5m Lotto jackpot ticket revealed

    Irish store that sold this week’s winning €4.5m Lotto jackpot ticket revealed

    The lucky punter has become the first Lotto jackpot winner of 2025. One lucky Lotto player is a life-changing €4,642,646 richer after the draw that took place on Wednesday night (29 January). Becoming the first Lotto jacket winner of 2025, The National Lottery has now confirmed that the winning ticket was sold in Louth. More […]

    1 year ago

  • Here is the line-up for this week’s episode of The Late Late Show

    Here is the line-up for this week’s episode of The Late Late Show

    A former Irish President and a legendary Irish comedian will be on the programme. The Late Late Show is back this Friday night (31 January) with another packed line-up. Former President Mary McAleese and former broadcaster Mary Kennedy – who now host The Changing Times podcast – will talk about their thriving friendship, not retiring, the […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 31

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 31

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 31st entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie True Romance Reservoir Dogs […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 399

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 399

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 399 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

  • Tributes pour in after young Irish man dies unexpectedly in Thailand

    Tributes pour in after young Irish man dies unexpectedly in Thailand

    ‘A gent of a guy who had such a warm personality.’ Tributes are pouring in for young Irish man and bricklayer Greg Cullinane following his unexpected death in Thailand this month. Mr Cullinane was from Blackpool in Cork and passed away on Tuesday, 14 January in the Asian country. His requiem mass will take place […]

    1 year ago

  • Two men in Ireland have died in separate workplace accidents this week

    Two men in Ireland have died in separate workplace accidents this week

    Very sad news. Two men in Ireland have died this week in separate workplace accidents. The first of these incidents occurred on Tuesday (28 January) at a premises in Arklow, Wicklow. Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the workplace accident at around 5.30pm. A man in his 30s was pronounced deceased at the scene. […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the BBC’s best thriller shows is set to return for third season

    One of the BBC’s best thriller shows is set to return for third season

    Its first two seasons have a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Capture – one of the BBC’s best thriller shows in recent years – is set to return for a third season, according to a new report. Created by Ben Chanan, the series launched in 2019 and revolves around an ambitious young detective named Rachel […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 398

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 398

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 398 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 brilliant, underrated new thriller movie is now available to stream at home

    A brilliant, underrated new thriller movie is now available to stream at home

    This had been on our watchlist for a while and it more than delivered. Humane, an excellent new sci-fi horror thriller from debut director Caitlin Cronenberg, is streaming on Paramount+ right now. The film is set in the near future where a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce […]

    1 year ago

  • Disney+ has just added a new must-watch thriller series

    Disney+ has just added a new must-watch thriller series

    We’d advise watching this quickly before its jaw-dropping reveals are spoiled for you. Disney+ has just added Paradise to its service, an addictive new thriller series that is sure to get people talking. The show stars Oscar-nominee Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) as Xavier Collins, a Secret Service Agent assigned to work in a serene […]

    1 year ago

  • A great war action thriller movie is on TV tonight

    A great war action thriller movie is on TV tonight

    The film was produced by J.J. Abrams and holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 28 January) is Overlord, the acclaimed 2018 action war thriller directed by Julius Avery (The Pope’s Exorcist) and produced by J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield). Set towards the end of World War II, it centres around […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 397

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 397

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 397 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

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 396

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 396

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 396 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 star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    It’s from the director of Training Day and the creator of True Detective. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 24 January) is The Magnificent Seven, the 2016 remake of the 1960 Western classic of the same name (which itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai). The film focuses on seven gunmen (including […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added the second season of one of its best thriller shows ever

    Netflix has just added the second season of one of its best thriller shows ever

    The reviews for season two are even better than season one. Season 2 of The Night Agent, which was Netflix’s most-watched series of 2023, is streaming now on the service. The action thriller show revolves around Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso, Hillbilly Elegy), a low-level FBI agent who works in the basement of the White House […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best Western movies ever is on TV tonight

    One of the best Western movies ever is on TV tonight

    The film stars two Oscar winners. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 23 January) is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the legendary 1969 Western. The buddy film revolves around Butch Cassidy (Oscar-winner Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Oscar-winner Robert Redford), a pair of outlaws living in 1890s Wyoming as the West becomes […]

    1 year ago

  • Kneecap and Ireland snubbed at Oscars as full list of nominees announced

    Kneecap and Ireland snubbed at Oscars as full list of nominees announced

    There were a couple of big surprise nominations. Despite having been shortlisted in two categories, the Irish movie Kneecap failed to secure any nominations at this year’s Oscars. The Irish-language comedy-drama about and starring the Belfast-based hip-hop trio of the same name has been critically acclaimed and has been nominated for and won several major […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 30

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 30

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 30th entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Once Upon a Time […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 395

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 395

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 395 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

  • These are the exact times Storm Éowyn is set to hit each county in Ireland

    These are the exact times Storm Éowyn is set to hit each county in Ireland

    It’s what everyone will be wondering today ahead of the ‘worst in years’ storm. Storm Éowyn is set to hit Ireland tonight (Thursday, 23 January) and, in an extremely rare event, all 32 counties have been issued Status Red wind warnings. Met Éireann has said that there will be gale to storm force winds with […]

    1 year ago

  • Legendary James Bond actress gives great answer when asked who should be next 007

    Legendary James Bond actress gives great answer when asked who should be next 007

    In a new interview with JOE, Michelle Yeoh talked about James Bond and working with Cillian Murphy. Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh is the star of Star Trek: Section 31, a new Star Trek movie coming to Paramount+ this week. A spin-off to the TV series Star Trek: Discovery, the film sees Yeoh reprising her role as […]

    1 year ago

  • A recent thriller movie with 97% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

    A recent thriller movie with 97% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

    The film comes from an Oscar nominee. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 22 January) is The Innocents, the 2021 thriller from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Eskil Vogt (co-writer of The Worst Person in the World). A Norwegian film, the story revolves around four children who become friends during the summer holidays and discover, out of […]

    1 year ago

  • All counties in Ireland hit with Status Red warnings over incoming storm

    All counties in Ireland hit with Status Red warnings over incoming storm

    Batten down the hatches. Update: 17.25pm Met Éireann has now issued Status Red wind warnings for every county in the Republic of Ireland. For the specific times of each of the Red alerts scheduled for the 26 counties, visit Met Éireann’s website here. There is a Nationwide Red Wind Warning with different applicable times. Please […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has just re-added one of the best movies of the 21st century

    Prime Video has just re-added one of the best movies of the 21st century

    There has been a renewed interest in the film in recent weeks. Inside Llewyn Davis, one of the best movies of the 21st century, has just been re-added to Prime Video. The 2013 film follows a week in the life of Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac in his breakthrough role), a folk singer who struggles to […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best Western movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    One of the best Western movies ever is airing on TV tonight

    ‘I’m your huckleberry.’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 21 January) is Tombstone, the legendary 1993 Western starring Kurt Russell (Bone Tomahawk) and Val Kilmer (Top Gun). The film sees Wyatt Earp (Russell) and his brothers, Morgan and Virgil (Bill Paxton and Sam Elliott), leave their gunslinger ways behind them to settle down and […]

    1 year ago