‘I want this utopian world of sexuality to be one where everyone just sleeps with everyone else.’ When it premiered in early 2020 – which, if you haven’t successfully buried the memory, was also “early pandemic” – Normal People arrived on its self-made tsunami of headlines thanks to a series of intimate sex scenes. Viewers […]

4 years ago

“I want a normal quiz for a normal person…” Welcome to The Big Reviewski JOE Movie Quiz, you inanimate f*cking object.* Round 1 tests your knowledge of the brilliant back catalogue of Brendan Gleeson. With the release of the first trailer for his new show The Comey Rule, the Dublin star’s portrayal of Donald Trump is […]

6 years ago

Make this happen please… Do you find yourself waking up in a cold sweat in the middle of the night, wondering why any sane person would buy a Rocket instead of a 99 from an ice cream van? Have you been uncontrollably shouting “JUST ASK HER TO THE DEBS YOU MUPPET” at the most inappropriate times? Or […]

6 years ago

Greetings film fans! Welcome to Episode 36 of The Big Reviewski, the show from JOE and Her that has been blown up, blown down and just plain blown all about town all week. Because of the windy weather, you see. This week, host Eoghan Doherty is delighted to be joined by two of the most wonderfully […]

8 years ago

If ever a true story was made for the movie treatment, it’s this. Lenny Abrahamson is set to direct a film based on the book ‘Burning Rainbow Farm,’ the story of Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm. Crosslin and Rohm ran a “peaceful and pot-friendly haven” in Michigan – the titular Rainbow Farm – which was […]

9 years ago

The Room director has attacked the Irish government for their failure to adequately support the arts in this country. Lenny Abrahamson believes Enda Kenny and the Irish government are only paying lip service to properly developing film and television in this country, using it as a ‘photo op’ and nothing more. He started by quoting a […]

10 years ago