JOE spoke to the cast and crew of the smash-hit series, which we believe is one of Netflix’s best shows ever. Netflix’s smash-hit series Squid Game is back for its third and final season this week, and, ahead of its release, JOE spoke to its cast and crew about their experiences making the thriller. For […]

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The Western film has four massive stars and was made by the director of the James Bond entries Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 26 June) is Red Sun, the 1971 cult classic spaghetti Western with an all-star cast. Set in the 1870s in the Old […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 52nd entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Joker: Folie à Deux […]

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If you haven’t seen the epic film yet, now is the time. Netflix is about to remove Babylon from its service, the brilliant, three-hour-plus, 18-rated, Hollywood-set epic comedy drama starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. Set during the decadent days of early Hollywood, the movie centres around Manny Torres (Diego Calva), a Mexican immigrant who […]

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Boasting a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film also features one of the best lead performances in recent memory. Netflix is about to remove the brilliant 2022 psychological horror thriller movie Pearl from its service. The film centres around the title character (played by co-writer Mia Goth), a young woman living in Texas in 1918 […]

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The film has earned comparisons to Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 25 June) is Bullet Train, the very fun Brad Pitt-led action comedy movie from 2022. The F1 star in the film plays Ladybug, a notoriously unlucky assassin who is determined to complete his latest assignment in Japan peacefully […]

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‘I’m sure we’ll find a way of making it,’ Danny Boyle told JOE. Director Danny Boyle has told JOE in a new interview that he is “sure” that he will get to complete a new 28 Years Later trilogy of films. This trilogy would eventually bring 28 Days Later star and Oscar-winner Cillian Murphy back […]

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It’s a great time to revisit the modern classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 24 June) is Shallow Grave, the brilliantly tense and twisty thriller that was the feature debut of future Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, the now in cinemas 28 Years Later). Set in Edinburgh, the 1994 film centres around a […]

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The film saw the makers of Trainspotting reunite. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 21 June) is Trance, the psychological heist thriller from director Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, the now in cinemas 28 Years Later). The film centres around Simon (James McAvoy), an art auctioneer with a gambling addiction. In the hole for a lot […]

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The show comes from the makers of Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something About Mary. Netflix has announced that it will be removing the hidden gem comedy series Loudermilk at the end of the month. The show is directed by the duo Bobby Farrelly and Peter Farrelly (who made Dumb and Dumber and There’s Something […]

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The show is based on a tragic murder from 2006. Netflix is about to remove a British true crime drama series that has left viewers in tears. Titled Honour, it tells the true story of the 2006 murder of Banaz Mahmod, a 20-year-old Iraqi Kurdish woman from Mitcham in South London. The young woman was […]

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Director Danny Boyle floated the possibility of a ‘director’s cut’ during an interview with JOE. Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) has revealed in a new interview with JOE that a gory moment from his new blockbuster, 28 Years Later, was cut after censor and studio pushback. The filmmaker, however, floated […]

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Holding a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, we’d recommend going into this film without knowing anything. Netflix has just added Barbarian to its service, the brilliant 2022 horror thriller from writer-director Zach Cregger (the soon-to-be-released Weapons). The film begins with Tess (Georgina Campbell, Bird Box Barcelona) checking into an Airbnb in Detroit the evening before […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It’s a ‘limited time deal’, so you’d better act fast. Amazon are currently selling Runolim WH301A Wireless Headphones, which boast “advanced active noise cancellation technology”, for just £20.45. As part of the limited time deal, the Bluetooth Headphones have […]

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The Denzel Washington film sees the two-time Oscar winner reuniting with his Man on Fire co-star. Netflix has just added the very fun, Denzel Washington-starring action movie The Equalizer 3 to its service. The vigilante franchise is noteworthy as it features the only sequels in which the two-time Oscar winner has ever appeared. Based on […]

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The cult thriller film stars an Oscar winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 20 June) is Law Abiding Citizen, the 2009 vigilante action thriller. The film stars Gerard Butler (How to Train Your Dragon) as Clyde Shelton, a loving husband and father with a mysterious past, whose wife and daughter are murdered in […]

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The show comes from the writer of Mare of Easttown. One of the TV shows JOE is most excited for this year is Task, the new crime thriller from Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby. The upcoming limited series sees Ingelsby returning to Philadelphia, which was where his brilliant, smash-hit show Mare of Easttown was […]

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The film also has one of the best final scenes in recent memory. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 19 June) is Nightmare Alley, the excellent 2021 neo-noir psychological thriller co-written and directed by Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water). It is based on the William Lindsay Gresham novel of the […]

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You can read JOE’s thoughts on the long-awaited sequel below. It’s a real pleasure to say that 28 Years Later – one of JOE’s most anticipated movies of 2025 and a film nearly two decades in the making – is absolutely worth the wait. The third entry in the post-apocalyptic survival horror series, the new […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 51st entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Finding Forrester Good Will […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘Truly and utterly amazing.’ Amazon are selling pairs of the beloved Soundcore by Anker P20i wireless earbuds for just £19.46. This is after their price was slashed by a whopping 37%. According to the product description on Amazon, the […]

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Already earning comparisons to Big Little Lies, Succession and The White Lotus, all eight episodes of the show are streaming now. Prime Video has just added to its service We Were Liars, a new mystery psychological thriller adapted from the acclaimed 2014 young adult novel by E. Lockhart. The series follows the wealthy Sinclair family, […]

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The film comes from the director of Man on Fire and Top Gun. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 18 June) is The Fan, the 1996 sports-focused psychological thriller starring two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro (The Godfather II, Raging Bull). The film tells the story of a star baseball player named Bobby Rayburn (Wesley […]

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‘Made with a lot of care and craft.’ The 2010s saw the release of the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy of animated adventure fantasy movies. Hits upon release at the box office and with critics, it was inevitable that they would get the live-action treatment at some point, which has come to pass 15 […]

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It has a star-studded cast. Echo Valley, a tense and twisty new thriller movie from writer Brad Ingelsby (creator of Mare of Easttown), is streaming now via Apple TV+. The film stars Oscar-winner Julianne Moore (Still Alice) as Kate, a recently widowed woman in southern Pennsylvania who is struggling with the costs of maintaining her […]

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The real-time war film is based on true events. Prime Video has just added Warfare to its service, the extremely tense and harrowing action war thriller from director Alex Garland (Annihilation, Civil War). Garland co-wrote and co-directed the movie alongside Ray Mendoza, a former US Navy SEAL turned military technical advisor on Hollywood projects. The […]

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It’s maybe the funniest Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 17 June) is The Guard, the feature directorial debut of John Michael McDonagh (Calvary, War on Everyone). The crime comedy film sees Brendan Gleeson play Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a crass and confrontational cop working in a sleepy town in Connemara in […]

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Based on a classic novel, the film’s ensemble cast includes Colin Firth, Stephen Graham and Tom Hardy. Netflix is about to remove Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy from its service, the star-studded 2011 version of John le Carré’s classic spy thriller novel. Set in 1970s England, the film sees the head of MI6, Control (John Hurt), […]

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Holding a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, the modern horror classic is being taken off the service early next month. Netflix has confirmed that The Babadook, one of the best horror movies of the 21st century, will be leaving the service early in July. The feature debut of writer-director Jennifer Kent (whose follow-up, The Nightingale, we’ve […]

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The massively influential series has gotten a new streaming home. Twin Peaks, the seminal mystery horror-drama show that ran for three seasons between 1990 and 2017, has gotten a new streaming home courtesy of the service Mubi. Created by the late and great David Lynch, alongside Mark Frost, the series takes place in the titular, […]

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Holding an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was produced by J.J. Abrams. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 14 June) 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, the film centres around a […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It’s a limited time deal, so you’d better move quickly. Amazon is currently selling the Philips 2000 Series Air Fryer at 48% off as part of a limited time deal. Now available to purchase for £53.09, the product is […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘Comfort is first class… The sound is top quality for the price.’ Amazon is selling pairs of Soundcore by Anker Q30 Headphones for £49.18 in a limited time deal, which has seen their price fall by 40%. The wireless […]

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The comedy-drama was nominated for nine Academy Awards, making it the most Oscar-nominated Irish film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 12 June) is The Banshees of Inisherin, one of the best movies of the decade and one of the best Irish movies ever. The film is set in 1923, near the end […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 50th entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Small Things Like These […]

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‘What is most surprising about the horror thriller is what a bona fide crowdpleaser it manages to be.’ Once in a while, a movie comes along with such an ingenious central premise that you have to imagine the screenwriter popped a bottle of champagne when he thought of the idea. Such is the case with […]

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The ’90s action sequel is a surprisingly timely blockbuster. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 11 June) is Tomorrow Never Dies, Pierce Brosnan’s second outing as James Bond. The 1997 spy film pits 007 against deranged media mogul Elliot Carver (Jonathan Price), who is staging political incidents that could provoke a third World War. […]

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Both the classic and its sequel are streaming on Netflix now, but not for long… If you were to search for lists of the best heist movies ever, you’d be hard-pressed to find one that does not include 2006’s Inside Man, which is about to be removed from Netflix. Directed by Oscar-winner Spike Lee (BlacKkKlansman), […]

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‘A mini-masterpiece, with lean filmmaking and lots of surprises.’ Prime Video has just added Heretic, the 2024 psychological thriller from the writing-directing duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods (A Quiet Place). It revolves around two young missionaries (played by rising stars Chloe East and Sophie Thatcher) who knock on the door of the seemingly charming […]

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It’s absolutely not for the faint of heart, however. Prime Video has just added Brimstone, the incredibly gripping if very disturbing 2016 Western movie starring Dakota Fanning (Man on Fire) and Guy Pearce (The Brutalist). Written and directed by Dutch filmmaker Martin Koolhoven (Winter in Wartime), the film is set in the Old West and […]

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The ‘darkly comedic’ Ireland-set show also comes from the producers of Kin. BBC Northern Ireland and RTÉ have greenlit two six-part seasons of a new, “darkly comedic” Ireland-set crime drama, which will re-team actor Aidan Gillen with Love/Hate writer Stuart Carolan. Titled Tall Tales & Murder, the show was co-created by Carolan and director Chris […]

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Quentin Tarantino has hailed it as “one of the greatest Westerns of the ’70s”. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 10 June) is Ulzana’s Raid, the 1972 Western war film from director Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen, The Longest Yard). Based loosely on true events, the film is set in the 1880s and follows […]

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When JOE spoke to the director and stars of the acclaimed new comedy, they cited an earlier classic as a big inspiration. The Ballad of Wallis Island, a hilarious and heartfelt new comedy movie, is out in cinemas now. Currently holding a 98% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film revolves around Herb McGwyer (co-writer Tom Basden, […]

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‘Domhnall’s fantastic, and he was also sort of my rock in LA because it’s quite a scary place,’ comedian Tim Key told JOE in a new interview. One of this year’s most exciting TV shows is undoubtedly The Paper, the upcoming spin-off of The US Office starring Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina, Star Wars). Due to […]

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The new sequel has become the highest-rated entry in the franchise. Predator: Killer of Killers, a “secret” new film in the Predator action sci-fi franchise, has just been added to Disney+. An animated anthology movie, the movie will follow three of the fiercest warriors in human history. These are a Viking raider guiding her young […]

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The film was so successful that it spawned a sequel two years later. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 7 June) 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 as […]

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‘Most subscriptions, most watched… It did very, very well for that platform,’ its director told JOE. February 2025 saw the release of the sci-fi action movie The Gorge on Apple TV+. The film stars Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit) and Miles Teller (Top Gun: Maverick) as Drasa and Levi, two highly-trained operatives – one Lithuanian, […]

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Some call it ‘so bad, it’s good’. We’d argue, however, that there’s a lot to love about the action flick. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 6 June) is the ’80s action classic Road House starring Patrick Swayze (Ghost, Point Break). The film revolves around the Double Deuce – the meanest, loudest and rowdiest […]

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This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘An outstanding piece of technology.’ Amazon are currently selling Anker Soundcore 2 Bluetooth Speakers for just £28.68. This is as part of a limited time deal that has seen the price of the product slashed by 30%. The portable […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 49th entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Leave the World Behind […]

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