The film’s Oscar-winning director will have a new sci-fi epic in cinemas very soon. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 18 February) is Snowpiercer, the incredible 2013 sci-fi action thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho (Parasite, Okja, the upcoming Mickey 17). Based on a French graphic novel, the film takes place on an Earth […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Be warned though, that it’s a limited-time only deal. We at JOE love to spotlight a great deal on Amazon and one that has caught our eye this week relates to a pair of Rolosar’s Wireless Earbuds for Sports. […]

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JOE spoke to the trio about their beloved movie on the IFTA red carpet last night. Irish-language hip-hop trio Kneecap have said they would be open to a sequel to their IFTA award-winning comedy-drama movie. The film was nominated for a whopping 17 awards at the Irish Oscars and wound up taking home four during […]

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The actor had a funny response to the speculation about the hit crime drama’s return. Over the past couple of days, there has been a lot of speculation about the return of the hit Irish crime drama Love/Hate. This was sparked by one of its star’s John Connors stating that the show was coming back […]

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We’ve been excited about this film for a long time. The Gorge, one of JOE’s most-anticipated movies for 2025, has just been released via Apple TV+. Hailing from director Scott Derrickson (The Black Phone, Sinister), the film stars Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa) and Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick) as two highly-trained operatives appointed to posts in […]

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The film stars a two-time Oscar nominee. Prime Video has just added Vivarium, the extremely creepy 2019 Irish sci-fi thriller movie. The film centres around a young woman (Imogen Poots, 28 Weeks Later) and her fiancé (Oscar-nominee Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network) who are in search of the perfect starter home. “After following a mysterious […]

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From the director of Mad Max: Fury Road, the fantasy film has two huge stars. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 14 February) is Three Thousand Years of Longing, the film legendary director George Miller made in between Mad Max: Fury Road and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Boasting one of the most intriguing […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 33rd entry in 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 Hostel Saw The Conjuring […]

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JOE spoke to one of the series’ stars, who described what he would like to see happen in season two. One of JOE’s favourite TV shows of recent memory is The Agency, the spy series starring Michael Fassbender streaming on Paramount+. A remake of France’s The Bureau – widely considered one of the country’s best-ever […]

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Starring two Oscar winners, it was made by the best Western filmmaker ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 13 February) is A Fistful of Dynamite (also known as Duck, You Sucker!), the legendary spaghetti Western from 1971. Co-written and directed by all-time great filmmaker Sergio Leone (The Dollars Trilogy, Once Upon a Time […]

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Based on a true story, the film only got a brief and limited cinema release but is being discovered now via streaming. A common complaint you hear from people about movies is that all there is in cinemas is just blockbusters and sequels. While this isn’t quite true – the box office success of indies […]

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The sadly underseen gem has an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 12 February) is Last Passenger, an extremely tense 2013 British thriller. The film tells the story of a group of passengers, including a doctor (played by Dougray Scott, Mission: Impossible 2) and his son, on a night train […]

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The limited series also stars Florence Pugh. JOE recently interviewed American actor Christopher Abbott about his lead turn in the excellent thriller Bring Them Down. During the conversation, the actor opened up about the challenges of playing the role of a farmer in rural Ireland who gets into a dangerous, escalating feud with a young […]

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The remake saw the two-time Oscar winner reteam with the director of Man on Fire. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 11 February) is The Taking of Pelham 123, the 2009 action thriller starring Denzel Washington. A remake of the classic ’70s flick of the same name, the film sees heavily armed criminals – […]

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It hails from the director of the Ocean’s Trilogy. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 February) is Haywire, the excellent 2011 action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (the Ocean’s Trilogy, the currently in cinemas Presence). The film stars former MMA artist Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative for a government […]

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JOE spoke to the cast and director of the nail-bitingly tense, Oscar-nominated thriller about sports journalists covering a hostage crisis. There’s been a lot of brilliant movies about journalism from ’70s classics like All the President’s Men and Network to more recent films like Civil War, The Post and Spotlight. Joining that canon is September […]

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‘Essentially a futuristic take on Die Hard or The Raid.’ Prime Video has just added Dredd, the acclaimed 2012 sci-fi action film based on the 2000 AD comic strip Judge Dredd. Karl Urban (The Boys) stars as the title character – a law enforcer given the power of judge, jury and executioner in a dystopian […]

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The show comes from Bad Sisters’ Sharon Horgan. The new BBC sitcom Amandaland is being hailed as “one of the funniest shows in years” by viewers. A spin-off to the beloved series Motherland, it sees Lucy Punch reprise her role as Amanda – the acerbic, self-centred and extremely image-conscious “alpha mum”. Now taking centre stage, […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 32nd entry in 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 Superbad Scott Pilgrim vs. […]

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It’s from the director of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and L.A. Confidential. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 6 February) is The River Wild, the 1994 star-studded action thriller. The film centres around a young family (led by Meryl Streep and David Strathairn) whose white-water rafting holiday is endangered when they are […]

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Despite its 18 rating, the film looks to be finding an audience on streaming. Infinity Pool, a recent sci-fi horror thriller that stirred some controversy upon release, has recently been added to Netflix and is climbing up the streaming charts. The 2023 film stars Alexander Skarsgård (Succession) and Cleopatra Coleman (Cobweb) as James and Em, […]

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It was the breakthrough movie for three people who would become cinematic legends. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 5 February) is Mean Streets, the 1973 crime drama co-written and directed by Martin Scorsese (The Departed, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver). Set in the Little Italy neighbourhood of New York City, the film centres around […]

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Great news for fans of Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger. Fresh off the back of streaming hit Missing You last month, Netflix has re-teamed with best-selling author Harlan Coben on another TV adaptation coming out very soon. Titled Caught (Atrapados), the six-part limited series is set in Argentina and is based on […]

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The Netflix drama stars Michael Keaton and comes from the writer of Pam & Tommy. Netflix have added The Founder, the acclaimed biographical drama about the creation of the McDonald’s restaurant chain, to its UK library. Written by Robert Siegel (Pam & Tommy, The Wrestler) and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. […]

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If you like Black Mirror, this is a must-watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 3 February) is Await Further Instructions, an extremely tense sci-fi horror thriller from 2018. The film revolves around an already strained Christmas family gathering that gets even more stressful when the clan finds themselves trapped inside their house by […]

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Holding an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film stars four Oscar nominees. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 2 February) is The Sisters Brothers, the 2018 Western based on the beloved novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt. The film stars Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Oscar-nominee John C. Reilly (Chicago) as the […]

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The show hails from the writer of Hell or High Water and Sicario. The first four seasons of the massively popular Western series Yellowstone have just been added to Netflix. Co-created by Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water, Sicario, Wind River), Oscar-winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) stars as John Dutton – the patriarch of […]

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The first two seasons of the timely thriller series hold a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Capture – one of the best thriller shows in recent years – has just been added to Netflix. Created by Ben Chanan, the series launched in 2019 on the BBC and revolves around an ambitious young detective Rachel Carey […]

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The film has a near-perfect 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The best Western movie of 2024, The Last Stop in Yuma County, is finally available to watch at home. Streaming via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema, the neo-Western noir stars Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) as a travelling knife salesman in the ’70s who stops off […]

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It hails from the director of the Ocean’s Trilogy. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 February) is Haywire, the excellent 2011 action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (the Ocean’s Trilogy, the currently in cinemas Presence). The film stars former MMA artist Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative for a government […]

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The first two seasons of the timely thriller series hold a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Capture – one of the best thriller shows in recent years – has just been added to Netflix. Created by Ben Chanan, the series launched in 2019 on the BBC and revolves around an ambitious young detective named Rachel […]

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The Oscar-winner spoke to JOE about her badass lead role in a new sci-fi. Star Trek: Section 31, a new movie in the legendary sci-fi franchise, is available to stream now. The film sees recent Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) reprising her role from Star Trek: Discovery as anti-hero and fan favourite […]

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The film comes from the director of Man on Fire and True Romance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 30 January) is The Fan, the 1996 sports-focused psychological thriller. The film tells the story of a star baseball player (Wesley Snipes, Blade) who becomes the unhealthy focus of a down-on-his-luck salesman (two-time Oscar-winner Robert […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 31st entry in 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 True Romance Reservoir Dogs […]

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Its star won a Golden Globe for her performance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 29 January) is Happy-Go-Lucky, the Oscar-nominated 2008 comedy-drama. Hailing from acclaimed writer-director Mike Leigh – whose terrific new film Hard Truths is in cinemas now – his 2008 movie stars Sally Hawkins in a Golden Globe-winning, breakthrough performance. The […]

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This had been on our watchlist for a while and it more than delivered. Humane, an excellent new sci-fi horror thriller from debut director Caitlin Cronenberg, is streaming on Paramount+ right now. The film is set in the near future where a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce […]

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The film was produced by J.J. Abrams and holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 28 January) is Overlord, the acclaimed 2018 action war thriller directed by Julius Avery (The Pope’s Exorcist) and produced by J.J. Abrams (Cloverfield). Set towards the end of World War II, it centres around […]

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We’d advise watching this quickly before its jaw-dropping reveals are spoiled for you. Disney+ has just added Paradise to its service, an addictive new thriller series that is sure to get people talking. The show stars Oscar-nominee Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) as Xavier Collins, a Secret Service Agent assigned to work in a serene […]

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‘I say that with admiration,’ he added. Longlegs was without a doubt one of last year’s biggest cinema success stories. Made on a moderately low budget of $10 million by writer-director Osgood Perkins – a cult figure in movie circles known for making niche, eerily nightmarish, slow-burn horrors – the film far exceeded expectations. Not […]

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Imagine True Detective crossed with Looper. There are two particular types of movies that genre lovers can’t get enough of. One is the type of thriller where world-weary detectives must investigate a decades-spanning series of murders – with examples including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Longlegs, Memories of Murder, Mindhunter, Prisoners, True Detective and […]

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Banned in Ireland for a time, Martin Scorsese once called it one of the best films of the ’90s. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Bad Lieutenant, the extremely dark 1992 crime drama starring Oscar-nominee Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs). The actor plays the unnamed title character, a corrupt New York cop addicted to drugs […]

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It’s from the director of Training Day and the creator of True Detective. The Magnificent Seven, the 2016 remake of the 1960 Western classic of the same name (which itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai), is streaming on Prime Video now. The film focuses on seven gunmen (including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, […]

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The film holds an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 25 January) is Official Secrets, the 2019 biographical political thriller starring Keira Knightley. In the film, the Black Doves actress plays real-life British woman Katharine Gun who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) before becoming an […]

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In an interview with JOE, its Oscar-winning star explained how the idea to make the film came from her. Star Trek: Section 31, the latest movie in the legendary Star Trek franchise, is available to stream now on Paramount+. A stand-alone spin-off to the series Star Trek: Discovery, the film stars Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything […]

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The LA Confidential and Memento earned his first Oscar nomination this week. Guy Pearce has established himself as one of the most reliably great actors of the past few decades. This is thanks to his work in movies and shows like Animal Kingdom, Brimstone, The Hurt Locker, The King’s Speech, LA Confidential, Mare of Kingstown, […]

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The reviews for season two are even better than season one. Season 2 of The Night Agent, which was Netflix’s most-watched series of 2023, is streaming now on the service. The action thriller show revolves around Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso, Hillbilly Elegy), a low-level FBI agent who works in the basement of the White House […]

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The film stars two Oscar winners. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 23 January) is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the legendary 1969 Western. The buddy film revolves around Butch Cassidy (Oscar-winner Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Oscar-winner Robert Redford), a pair of outlaws living in 1890s Wyoming as the West becomes […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 30th entry in 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 Once Upon a Time […]

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In a new interview with JOE, Michelle Yeoh talked about James Bond and working with Cillian Murphy. Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh is the star of Star Trek: Section 31, a new Star Trek movie coming to Paramount+ this week. A spin-off to the TV series Star Trek: Discovery, the film sees Yeoh reprising her role as […]

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