A crime thriller movie that’s been remade twice is on TV tonight
The film’s latest remake only came out a few weeks ago. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Man on Fire (Thursday, 18 June), the 1987 adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 thriller novel. Famously remade as a film starring Denzel Washington in 2004 and as a Netflix TV show earlier this year, the original screen […]
1 month ago
One of Denzel Washington’s best movies has just been remade for Netflix
The Oscar-winner’s most underrated film has been turned into a new TV show. Man on Fire, a new seven-part adaptation of A.J. Quinnell’s 1980 thriller novel, has just been added to Netflix. Previously made into a modern classic movie starring Oscar-winner Denzel Washington, the 2026 TV adaptation sees Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (Ambulance) take over the […]
3 months ago
One of the best modern action shows is back with new season on streaming
The new batch of episodes has a 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Disney+ has just added the second season of Daredevil: Born Again, its 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 […]
4 months ago
One of Netflix’s best action movies is getting a new spin-off film and TV show
The much-anticipated action TV series has been filming in Ireland. Netflix’s previously untitled upcoming TV series spin-off of its action movie franchise Extraction has been given a name: Mercenary. The two Extraction films were released in 2020 and 2023 to huge viewership and acclaim. They each follow Australian mercenary Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth, Thor) on […]
7 months ago
One of the funnest shows of recent years is back with 2nd season streaming now
The second season of the hit action series currently holds a near-perfect 99% Rotten Tomatoes score. The second season of Peacemaker, one of the funnest shows of recent years, has been made available to stream via NOW. Created and written by James Gunn (the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy, Superman) – who also directs several […]
11 months ago
Prime Video has just added one of 2025’s best action shows
JOE spoke to Lisa Mulcahy, the IFTA-winning Irish filmmaker, about directing the series’ first three episodes and crafting its ‘high-energy’ action scenes. Prime Video has just added The Assassin to its service, which, for our money, is one of 2025’s best action shows so far. Created by Harry and Jack Williams (The Missing, The Tourist), […]
1 year ago