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 JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 431

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 431

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 431 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 classic Western action movie is airing on TV tonight

    A classic Western action movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film was such a hit that it got a sequel two years later. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 3 April) is Young Guns, the 1988 star-studded Western action flick. Set in 1878 in Lincoln County, the film sees John Tunstall (Terence Stamp) – a British ranch owner – hire six rebellious boys […]

    1 year ago

  • An addictive, star-studded new crime thriller show is now available to stream

    An addictive, star-studded new crime thriller show is now available to stream

    The series comes from the makers of The Day of the Jackal, The Gentleman and Top Boy. MobLand, the much-anticipated new crime thriller show with Tom Hardy, is now available to watch on streaming. A Paramount+ series, MobLand was created by Ronan Bennett (The Day of the Jackal, Top Boy), with Guy Richie (The Gentleman, […]

    1 year ago

  • A cult classic crime drama movie is airing on TV tonight

    A cult classic crime drama movie is airing on TV tonight

    Coming from the director of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy, the film probably has the best young cast of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 2 April) is The Outsiders, the 1983 cult classic coming-of-age crime drama. Directed by legendary filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather Trilogy) and based […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 430

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 430

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 430 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 has just added one of the most talked about movies of recent years

    Netflix has just added one of the most talked about movies of recent years

    The film was a big hit in cinemas. Having become embroiled in several tabloid controversies upon its cinema release, Don’t Worry Darling is now available to stream at home on Netflix. Directed by and featuring amongst its cast Olivia Wilde, the psychological thriller stars Florence Pugh (Little Women, Midsommar) as Alice, a young woman living […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just re-added all six seasons of its beloved crime drama series

    Netflix has just re-added all six seasons of its beloved crime drama series

    The crime drama has inspired several spin-offs. Netflix has just re-added all six seasons of Power, one of its most beloved crime drama shows. The series aired from 2014 to 2020 and centres around James ‘Ghost’ St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick, Army of the Dead), a man who has it all – including a stunning Manhattan […]

    1 year ago

  • Barry Keoghan’s grippingly tense new thriller movie is available to watch on streaming

    Barry Keoghan’s grippingly tense new thriller movie is available to watch on streaming

    Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes rating, the Irish film was released in cinemas earlier this year to rave reviews. Bring Them Down, the grippingly tense new Irish thriller movie starring Barry Keoghan, is now available to watch at home. Streaming via the service Mubi, the film is the feature debut of writer-director Christopher Andrews and […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 429

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 429

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 429 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 sci-fi movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 1 April) is Moon, the incredible 2009 sci-fi starring Oscar winner Sam Rockwell (The White Lotus). In the film, the actor plays Sam Bell, an astronaut in the future whose solo three-year work shift at a […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 428

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 428

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 428 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 39

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 39

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 39th 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 Happy Gilmore Dodgeball: A […]

    1 year ago

  • A wickedly fun action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A wickedly fun action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    Holding an 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was a surprise hit with critics upon release. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 27 March) is Copshop, the 2021 action thriller from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey, Narc, Smokin’ Aces). The film tells the story of a wily con artist (Frank Grillo) who, on […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added a new ‘binge-worthy’ thriller show

    Netflix has just added a new ‘binge-worthy’ thriller show

    The series should appeal to fans of Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger. Fresh off the back of recent streaming hits Just One Look and Missing You, Netflix has re-teamed with best-selling author Harlan Coben on another TV adaptation out now. Titled Caught (Atrapados), the six-part limited thriller series is set in Argentina […]

    1 year ago

  • A recent hit thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A recent hit thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film is inspired by one of the most famous novels of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 26 March) is The Invitation, the horror thriller which was a box office hit upon release in 2022. The film tells the story of Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel, Game of Thrones), a woman in New […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 427

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 427

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 427 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

  • Jack Nicholson had his first beer with his son in Ireland

    Jack Nicholson had his first beer with his son in Ireland

    Rising star Ray Nicholson told JOE about a happy family memory he had in Ireland when we interviewed him about his new action movie. After scene-stealing in a major way in last year’s hit horror sequel Smile 2, Ray Nicholson is back in cinemas this week in the action flick Novocaine. The movie stars Jack […]

    1 year ago

  • One of Denzel Washington’s best movies is on TV tonight

    One of Denzel Washington’s best movies is on TV tonight

    The film earned Denzel Washington one of his 10 Oscar nominations. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 25 March) is Flight, the excellent 2012 Denzel Washington drama directed by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future, Cast Away). He plays a commercial airline pilot named Whip Whitaker who has a problem with drugs and alcohol […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 426

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 426

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 426 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

  • Severance star responds to ‘wild’ viral fan theory involving goats

    Severance star responds to ‘wild’ viral fan theory involving goats

    Speaking to JOE, the actress addressed the elephant (or should we say goat) in the room. Apple TV+’s sci-fi thriller hit Severance is one of those shows that you can enjoy both as a casual viewer and also as a more devoted fan who pours over every frame of the gorgeously-produced series for clues. If […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 425

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 425

    The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 425 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, recent thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A brilliant, recent thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The ‘best action series ever’ is back with a new season on streaming

    The ‘best action series ever’ is back with a new season on streaming

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A groundbreaking, thrilling new Irish movie is available to watch this month

    A groundbreaking, thrilling new Irish movie is available to watch this month

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 38

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 38

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the biggest Western movies of the decade is finally streaming at home

    One of the biggest Western movies of the decade is finally streaming at home

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 424

    The JOE quick-fire general knowledge quiz: Day 424

    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 […]

    1 year ago

  • A terrific sci-fi action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A terrific sci-fi action thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    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 […]

    1 year ago