Stephen Porzio

The film has an 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 21 March) is Fresh, the excellent 2022 horror thriller starring Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People) and recent Oscar-nominee Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice). The film centres around Noa (Edgar-Jones), a young woman increasingly disillusioned with dating who thinks her luck has […]

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Made by one of the creators of Kin, critics are calling the show’s newest fight scenes ‘jaw-dropping’. Gangs of London, the beloved British action thriller series, is back with its third season available now on streaming. The Sky original show takes place amidst the criminal underworld of present-day London. When it premiered in 2020, it […]

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JOE spoke to the director and stars of the film, which is the first-ever Irish language horror feature. Given Ireland’s horror bonafides (we did give the world Dracula after all) and the recent resurgence of the Irish language on screen, it may surprise people to learn that there’s never been an Irish language horror feature […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 38th 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 Psycho The Shining The […]

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If you missed it in the cinemas, the Western epic has hit streaming at last. Kevin Costner’s Western epic Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 is finally now streaming at home after its cinema release last summer. Available to watch via NOW and Sky, Costner directed, co-wrote and stars in the Western which was […]

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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 424 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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Featuring a great cast, the film has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 19 March) is Looper, the 2012 sci-fi action thriller from writer-director Rian Johnson (Knives Out, The Last Jedi). The film is set in a near-future where time travel exists, but it is only available to those […]

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The series’ three seasons won’t be available to stream on the service for much longer. All three seasons of Humans, one of the best sci-fi shows of recent years, will be removed from Netflix at the end of this month. Originally airing on Channel 4 between 2015 and 2018, the series takes place in a […]

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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 423 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 a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film continues to find new fans to this day. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 18 March) is The Guest, the modern cult classic thriller from 2014 starring Dan Stevens (Abigail). The actor plays David, a recently discharged US soldier who heads to New Mexico to […]

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It’s a great time to check out the film, which has a strong Irish connection. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 17 March) is The Northman, one of the greatest action movies of the decade so far. Co-written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch, the upcoming Nosferatu), the Viking […]

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Produced and directed in part by Ridley Scott (American Gangster, Gladiator), this could be your next TV obsession. Apple TV+ has just added Dope Thief, an addictive new crime thriller series produced and directed in part by Ridley Scott (American Gangster, Gladiator). Created by Peter Craig (The Batman, The Town) and based on the novel […]

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The film has been earning mixed reviews, though we argue it’s worth seeking out. Anticipation had been very high for the new horror thriller movie Opus ahead of its Sundance Film Festival premiere in January. Not only was it snapped up by A24 for distribution (a company that has become known as a mark of […]

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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 422 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 an absolute classic, even if it’s not for the squeamish. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 15 March) is Bone Tomahawk, the incredible 2015 Western thriller. The film stars Kurt Russell, Matthew Fox, Patrick Wilson and Richard Jenkins as men of the Old West who embark on a quest to rescue a group […]

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The presenter dedicated the episode to his mother, who passed away last weekend. Patrick Kielty opened this week’s St. Patrick’s Day-themed episode of The Late Late Show with a powerful tribute to his mother Mary who died last weekend at the age of 84. Ms Kielty’s death was confirmed only hours after the TV presenter […]

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The film should appeal to fans of 28 Days Later. Netflix has recently added to its service an excellent, Cillian Murphy-starring thriller that only received a sadly limited release in cinemas back in 2011. Titled Retreat, the movie was the feature directorial debut of Carl Tibbets – best known for helming two of Black Mirror’s […]

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A stand-alone spin-off, many have said the show is better than the original. Netflix has just added 1883, the brilliant Western drama miniseries from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan. A standalone prequel to Yellowstone, the show is set in the title year and stars Oscar-nominee Sam Elliot (The Big Lebowski) in an effortlessly commanding lead turn. […]

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A true undiscovered gem. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 13 March) is Boss Level, the 2020 sci-fi action flick co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan (Copshop, Narc, The Grey). In the vein of stories like Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, Copshop’s Frank Grillo plays a former special forces agent named Roy Pulver […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 37th 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 Shallow Grave Trainspotting Human […]

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One of the main cast members of The Office wrote, directed and starred in the film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 12 March) is Vengeance, the brilliant 2022 comedy mystery thriller from writer-director B.J. Novak (Ryan in The US Office). Novak stars in the movie as well, playing a New York journalist and […]

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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 420 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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With a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes, a sequel is already in the works. Sisu, an action movie described as a cross between John Wick and Rambo, has just been added to Netflix. Set in late 1944 during the Lapland War in Finland, the film follows a solitary prospector (Jorma Tommila) who crosses paths with […]

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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 419 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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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 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 […]

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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 […]

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