Just when it feels like there hasn’t been a major comedy released in ages, two arrive together. If you head to the cinema this weekend, you have the option of seeing not one, but two new comedies – Marching Powder and One of Them Days. The first film stars man-of-the-moment Danny Dyer (fresh off his […]

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Ahead of its time, the film shares similarities with one of 2024’s biggest action movies. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 6 March) 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, New […]

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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 417 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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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 36th 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 Failure to Launch How […]

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The film was only out in cinemas a few weeks ago and was nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. Prime Video has just added Nickel Boys, the acclaimed historical drama film based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Colson Whitehead. Set mostly in the ’60s, the movie follows an African-American […]

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‘The fifth Beatle we didn’t know about was actually from Armagh,’ he joked to JOE on the red carpet. Northern Irish actor Colin Morgan has expressed an interest in appearing in director Sam Mendes’ upcoming movies about The Beatles. JOE spoke to The Boy That Never Was and Merlin star on the red carpet in […]

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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 416 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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The deliriously fun modern classic will soon be getting a sequel. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 5 March) is Ready or Not, the excellent 2019 horror thriller starring scream queen Samara Weaving (The Babysitter, Scream VI). In the film, Weaving plays Grace, a young bride who marries the man of her dreams (Mark […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It’s a limited-time deal so you need to act fast. Amazon is offering gaming headphones boasting “active noise cancellation” at a 58% discount for a “limited-time deal”. The product in question is the Nubwo G06 Wireless Gaming Headset, with […]

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Directed by Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Trainspotting), it’s a rare chance to catch the star-studded adaptation. Sky Arts is airing on TV tonight (Tuesday, 4 March) the acclaimed 2011 stage adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic gothic novel Frankenstein, which was directed by Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Trainspotting). Starring Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock) and Jonny […]

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Coming from the creator of Top Boy, the show also stars Helen Mirren, Joanne Froggatt, Paddy Considine and Pierce Brosnan. Just a week after a teaser dropped for Tom Hardy’s Netflix action flick Havoc, we’ve now gotten the first trailer for his new crime thriller series MobLand. A Paramount+ show, MobLand was created by Ronan […]

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The film won an Oscar just this week. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 4 March) is No Other Land, the 2024 film which won the Best Documentary award at the Oscars this week. The documentary follows Palestinian activist Basel Adra as he films his community of Masafer Yatta for half a decade being […]

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The show is available to watch in its entirety. Small Town, Big Story – a new sci-fi comedy series set in Ireland – can now be watched in its entirety via NOW Entertainment and Sky Atlantic. Created by Chris O’Dowd (Moone Boy) – who also has a supporting role in the show – the story […]

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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 415 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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He was in the band for nearly nine years. The Mary Wallopers have announced that one of their founding members, Seán McKenna, is leaving the band. One-third of the original Mary Wallopers trio, McKenna was a guitarist and vocalist for the on-the-rise Irish folk group. In a statement shared on the band’s social media, McKenna […]

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The film swept the Oscars and holds a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 2 March) is Everything Everywhere All at Once, the 2022 sci-fi action comedy that picked up seven Academy Awards. The film tells the story of Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar for […]

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Producers had been trying to adapt the game since 2005. Netflix has just added the first season of Halo, the sci-fi series based on the hugely popular video game franchise. Since as far back as 2005, there were reports that a live-action movie adaptation of the Halo games was in the works – though in […]

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It was recently announced that a remake of the film is in the works. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 March) is A Fistful of Dollars, the first entry in Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dollars Trilogy of Westerns. Directed by Leone and starring Eastwood in his first lead role, the 1964 […]

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‘The inaction we’ve experienced is not only heartbreaking – it’s unacceptable.’ A group of 54 parents of children without suitable SEN (Special Educational Needs) school placements have staged a 24-hour sleepout at the Department of Education headquarters in Dublin 1. Beginning at 1pm on Friday (28 February), the parents said in a statement that this […]

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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 414 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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If you haven’t seen the cult sci-fi film before, now is the time to do so. Netflix has announced that it will be removing its acclaimed, cult-favourite sci-fi thriller Annihilation from the service later this month. Written and directed by Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Civil War, Ex Machina), the movie stars Oscar-winner Natalie Portman […]

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Very sad news. Two young men have died and two others are seriously injured after a single-vehicle road crash in Donegal on Friday (28 February). The incident occurred in the townland of Baltoney in Gortahork at around 9.30pm, with the vehicle crashing into the gable wall of a house. The driver of the vehicle – […]

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The film plays out like a smarter if less extreme version of Saltburn. There have been lots of great thriller movies made about strangers ingratiating themselves into the life of a wealthy person and/or their families as part of a social-climbing scheme. An early example is Joseph Losey and Harold Pinter’s ’60s drama The Servant, […]

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The film also has one of the best final scenes in recent memory as well. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 28 February) is Nightmare Alley, the excellent 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water). Based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel – previously […]

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Gardaí have said that they are revoking the fines and penalty points due to an error. An Garda Síochána is writing to nearly 1,900 motorists to inform them that fines and penalty points issued to them are being revoked due to an error. This only affects motorists who were issued fines and penalty points for […]

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‘…Especially with what’s going on in our country at the moment. I’m glad I’m here.’ Ed Harris and Jessica Lange were full of praise for Ireland on the red carpet in Dublin last night, with Harris saying: “I’d just as soon live here.” The pair attended the world premiere of their new movie Long Day’s […]

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Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars a future Oscar winner. Prime Video has just added 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 at a mine on […]

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EXCLUSIVE: The legendary actor was on the red carpet in Dublin this evening where he made the comments to JOE. Legendary actor Ed Harris has said that he does not believe he will appear in Top Gun 3, having played Tom Cruise’s superior Rear Admiral Chester ‘Hammer’ Cain in the smash hit Top Gun: Maverick. […]

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The movie’s lead actress recently picked up an IFTA Award for her performance. Netflix has just added the Saoirse Ronan-starring The Outrun, one of 2024’s best-reviewed drama films. Based on the 2016 memoir of the same name by Amy Liptrot, the movie’s story is told in non-linear order and follows a young woman from Scotland […]

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The case has often been referred to as ‘the British Erin Brockovich’. Netflix has just added Toxic Town, its much-anticipated new series that dramatises the true story of one of the UK’s biggest environmental scandals. The four-part limited show is based on the real case of the Corby poisonings that started in the 1980s and […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. You’ll need to be quick to avail of the offer, as it is a ‘limited time deal’. A pair of headphones made by a hugely popular brand has dropped in price on Amazon by a whopping 41%. These are […]

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Holding an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film is loosely based on true events. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 27 February) is American Made, the 2017 action crime comedy loosely based on real events starring Tom Cruise. In the film, he plays an American pilot in the ’70s and ’80s who gets recruited […]

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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 413 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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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 35th 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 Doctor Strange in the […]

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The film comes from the mind behind Gangs of London and The Raid. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for Havoc, its new action thriller movie written and directed by Gareth Evans (Gangs of London, The Raid films) and starring Tom Hardy. The movie sees Hardy play Walker, a bruised detective “fighting his way […]

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The film stars a Golden Globe winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 26 February) is Ema, the 2019 thriller drama from acclaimed director Pablo Larraín (El Conde, Jackie, Spencer). The film centres around the title character (played by Mariana Di Girolamo in a star-making turn), a young reggaeton dancer in Chile who divorces […]

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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 412 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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The film comes from the director of the Stephen Graham-starring Boiling Point. Prime Video has just added the very tense and gritty 2020 British crime thriller movie Villain to its library. Starring Craig Fairbrass (Avengement, Cliffhanger, Rise of the Footsoldier), he plays Eddie – a man just released from jail after serving a ten-year sentence. […]

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The film swept the Oscars and holds a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 25 February) is Everything Everywhere All at Once, the 2022 sci-fi action comedy that picked up seven Academy Awards. The film tells the story of Evelyn Quan Wang (Michelle Yeoh, who won an Oscar for […]

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 411 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 article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘Perfect blend of quality and value,’ one user wrote. Amazon customers are raving about a pair of headphones on sale now, which claim to offer the “ultimate noise cancellation experience”. These are the Soundcore by Anker Life Q30 Wireless […]

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Great news for fans of Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger. Fresh off the back of streaming hit Missing You last month, Netflix has re-teamed with best-selling author Harlan Coben on not one but two more TV adaptations coming out very soon. The first to be released on 5 March is titled Just […]

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JOE spoke to Ralph Fiennes and his director about their version of Homer’s epic. This week, Oscar-nominee Ralph Fiennes was on the red carpet at the Light House Cinema in Dublin. This was for a Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) screening of his new movie The Return, an adaptation of Homer’s ancient Greek epic The […]

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The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, making it the most Oscar-nominated Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 22 February) is The Banshees of Inisherin, one of the best movies of the decade and one of the best Irish movies ever. The film is set in 1923, near the end […]

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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 410 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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Gardaí told JOE that the remains will be removed for examination and DNA analysis. Gardaí now believe that a severed hand found at a school in Darndale, north Dublin belonged to a 12-year-old boy injured in a gas canister explosion nearby, according to reports. In a statement to JOE on Friday (21 February), Gardaí said […]

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There were two big winners in last night’s EuroMillions as well. The National Lottery has revealed that former Kerry GAA Manager Peter Keane owns the store that sold Wednesday night’s (19 February) winning Lotto jackpot ticket worth €2,274,988. The lucky Lotto punter purchased their Quick Pick ticket from Keane’s SuperValu in Killorglin, Kerry – which […]

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Earning comparisons to Blade Runner, the show has a great cast. Netflix has just added all of Pantheon, a sci-fi series that premiered in 2022 and holds a perfect 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The animated show revolves around a bullied teen named Maddie (voiced by Katie Chang) who begins receiving messages from a mysterious […]

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The series is full of heists, sports and real-life history and is a must for Peaky Blinders fans. Disney+ has just added the whole first season of A Thousand Blows, a new period crime drama series from Steven Knight – the creator of Peaky Blinders. Set in 1880s Victorian London, the show charts the rise […]

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Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, it was nominated for Best Film at the Irish Film Awards. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 21 Friday) is God’s Creatures, the acclaimed 2022 Irish psychological drama starring Emily Watson and Paul Mescal. Set in a small and sleepy Irish fishing village, the film centres around Aileen […]

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