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  • One of 2024’s coolest movies is finally available to stream at home

    One of 2024’s coolest movies is finally available to stream at home

    The film closes out a great trilogy. This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. MaXXXine, the 2024 Hollywood-set mystery horror thriller, is now available to stream at home. On offer to watch via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema, the movie is writer-director Ti West’s follow-up to […]

    1 year ago

  • Mary Kielty, mother of Late Late host Patrick Kielty, has died

    Mary Kielty, mother of Late Late host Patrick Kielty, has died

    Very sad news. Mary Kielty, the mother of The Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty, has passed away. The news was announced via the Funeral Times website, with RTÉ reporting that Ms Kielty’s death was confirmed only hours after the TV presenter hosted the most recent Late Late episode on Friday. Ms Kielty lived in […]

    1 year ago

  • People are discovering this classic Gene Hackman movie newly on streaming

    People are discovering this classic Gene Hackman movie newly on streaming

    Several of the two-time Oscar winner’s films are being revisited in the wake of the actor’s tragic death. People are discovering and rediscovering Hoosiers, one of Gene Hackman’s most beloved movies, following the sad news of the two-time Oscar winner’s death. Newly available to stream on Prime Video, the 1986 sports drama is set in […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best crime drama movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    One of the best crime drama movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    Based loosely on true events, the film has an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 8 March) is Hustlers, the excellent 2019 crime comedy-drama based loosely on a true story. Adapted to the screen from New York magazine’s 2015 article ‘The Hustlers at Scores’, the film follows Destiny (Constance Wu) […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 418

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 418

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 418 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

  • Prime Video has just added a tense and twisty Irish thriller movie

    Prime Video has just added a tense and twisty Irish thriller movie

    The underseen 2022 psychological thriller earned strong reviews. Prime Video has just added Nocebo, a 2022 Irish psychological thriller starring Eva Green (Casino Royale). In the film, the actress plays an English fashion designer who finds herself struck down with a mysterious illness that confounds her doctors and frustrates her husband, Felix (Mark Strong, Kingsman). […]

    1 year ago

  • An Irish movie with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes is airing on TV tonight

    An Irish movie with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes is airing on TV tonight

    The film comes from the acclaimed director of Michael Inside. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 7 March) is Aisha, the acclaimed 2022 Irish drama from writer-director Frank Berry (Michael Inside). The film focuses on the title character (Letitia Wright, Black Panther), a young Nigerian woman seeking asylum in Ireland who is “floundering in […]

    1 year ago

  • Waterproof smartwatch on sale drops over 75% to ‘unbeatable’ price

    Waterproof smartwatch on sale drops over 75% to ‘unbeatable’ price

    This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. On offer as part of a ‘limited time deal’, customers have been leaving five-star reviews of the product. Amazon customers are raving about the Matast Smart Watch, which is currently on sale via the shopping website for only €27.84. […]

    1 year ago

  • A new twisty thriller show is quietly climbing up the Netflix Top 10

    A new twisty thriller show is quietly climbing up the Netflix Top 10

    The series comes from Harlan Coben, the writer behind Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger. Fresh off the back of streaming hit Missing You in January, Netflix has re-teamed with best-selling author Harlan Coben on not one but two more TV adaptations coming out this month. The first has already arrived and is […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best modern action shows is back with new reboot on Disney+

    One of the best modern action shows is back with new reboot on Disney+

    With an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes, people are calling it a worthy successor. Disney+ has just added Daredevil: Born Again, a reboot of Netflix’s hit superhero action series Daredevil which ran from 2015 to 2018. The original Marvel show followed Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox, Kin), a lawyer who was blinded as a child in […]

    1 year ago

  • Two big new comedy movies are available to watch this week

    Two big new comedy movies are available to watch this week

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • An extremely underrated action movie is airing on TV tonight

    An extremely underrated action movie is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 417

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 417

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 36

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 36

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has just added one of 2025’s very best movies

    Prime Video has just added one of 2025’s very best movies

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Northern Irish star wants a role in the upcoming Beatles movies

    Northern Irish star wants a role in the upcoming Beatles movies

    ‘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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 416

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 416

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    One of the best thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Top-rated gaming headphones with noise cancellation get huge discount

    Top-rated gaming headphones with noise cancellation get huge discount

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A beloved modern version of a classic gothic story is airing on TV tonight

    A beloved modern version of a classic gothic story is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Guy Ritchie and Tom Hardy’s much-anticipated new crime thriller series gets first look

    Guy Ritchie and Tom Hardy’s much-anticipated new crime thriller series gets first look

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A 2024 documentary with a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

    A 2024 documentary with a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • New Ireland-set star-studded sci-fi series is available to stream now

    New Ireland-set star-studded sci-fi series is available to stream now

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 415

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 415

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The Mary Wallopers announce shock exit of one of its founding members

    The Mary Wallopers announce shock exit of one of its founding members

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • 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

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added one of the most anticipated video game adaptations ever

    Netflix has just added one of the most anticipated video game adaptations ever

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best Western movies of all time is on TV tonight

    One of the best Western movies of all time is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Irish parents camp-out overnight to protest lack of special needs school places

    Irish parents camp-out overnight to protest lack of special needs school places

    ‘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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 414

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 414

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to remove one of its very best original movies

    Netflix is about to remove one of its very best original movies

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Two young men die and two others injured as vehicle crashes into Donegal house

    Two young men die and two others injured as vehicle crashes into Donegal house

    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 – […]

    1 year ago

  • Saltburn fans should seek out new thriller movie recently added to streaming

    Saltburn fans should seek out new thriller movie recently added to streaming

    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, […]

    1 year ago

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

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

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Fines and penalty points issued to nearly 1,900 motorists are being revoked

    Fines and penalty points issued to nearly 1,900 motorists are being revoked

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Hollywood stars express love of Ireland, saying ‘I’d just as soon live here’

    Hollywood stars express love of Ireland, saying ‘I’d just as soon live here’

    ‘…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 […]

    1 year ago

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

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

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Top Gun Maverick star says he will not be returning for a sequel

    Top Gun Maverick star says he will not be returning for a sequel

    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. […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added one of 2024’s most powerful drama films

    Netflix has just added one of 2024’s most powerful drama films

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added a new drama series based on shocking real-life scandal

    Netflix has just added a new drama series based on shocking real-life scandal

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Popular headphones with ’24 hour battery life’ drop in price by over 40%

    Popular headphones with ’24 hour battery life’ drop in price by over 40%

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A terrific action crime movie is airing on TV tonight

    A terrific action crime movie is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 413

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 413

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 35

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 35

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix finally releases first look at new Tom Hardy action-packed thriller

    Netflix finally releases first look at new Tom Hardy action-packed thriller

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • An incredibly stylish and unpredictable thriller movie is on TV tonight

    An incredibly stylish and unpredictable thriller movie is on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 412

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 412

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has just added a very tense and gritty crime thriller movie

    Prime Video has just added a very tense and gritty crime thriller movie

    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. […]

    1 year ago

  • 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

    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 JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 411

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 411

    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 […]

    1 year ago