Stephen Porzio

The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 402 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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‘Essentially a futuristic take on Die Hard or The Raid.’ Prime Video has just added Dredd, the acclaimed 2012 sci-fi action film based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd. Karl Urban (The Boys) stars as the title character – a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a dystopian […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 401 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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Holding an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film stars four Oscar nominees. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 2 February) is The Sisters Brothers, the 2018 Western based on the beloved novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt. The film stars Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Oscar-nominee John C. Reilly (Chicago) as the […]

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The show hails from the writer of Hell or High Water and Sicario. The first four seasons of the massively popular Western series Yellowstone have just been added to Netflix. Co-created by Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water, Sicario, Wind River), Oscar-winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) stars as John Dutton – the patriarch of […]

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The first two seasons of the timely thriller series hold a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Capture – one of the best thriller shows in recent years – has just been added to Netflix. Created by Ben Chanan, the series launched in 2019 on the BBC and revolves around an ambitious young detective named Rachel […]

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The film is noteworthy for mostly being shot in Ireland. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 February) is Haywire, the excellent 2011 action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (the Ocean’s Trilogy, the currently in cinemas Presence). The film stars former MMA artist Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative for a […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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‘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 […]

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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. […]

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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 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 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 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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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