Rory Cashin

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Entertainment Editor at JOE.ie, Lovin Dublin, and Lovin.ie. Professional lover of all things movies, TV, games, music, books, food, travel, tech and ..... did I say movies?

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  • One of the best war movies of recent years is finally available to watch at home

    One of the best war movies of recent years is finally available to watch at home

    The film did not get a cinema release, but you can catch up on it now! Released in cinemas in the States in late November, and the same day as Disney’s Strange World, Netflix’s Glass Onion, Spielberg’s The Fabelmans and horror-drama Bones And All, it is fair to say that Devotion went by almost completely […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix is launching the Avengers Assemble of reality dating shows

    Netflix is launching the Avengers Assemble of reality dating shows

    It will feature the great and the good from some of the biggest reality dating shows When it comes to dating and reality shows, it seems the old saying is true: If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is the case with Netflix’s new reality dating show Perfect Match, which has amassed […]

    3 years ago

  • QUIZ: Can you name the movie from the planet it is set on?

    QUIZ: Can you name the movie from the planet it is set on?

    Proper film fans should be getting a score of at least 7 here Ten famous movie planets. Which we tell you. Ten famous movies. Which you tell us. Three minutes. The amount of time to do it all in. Seems easy enough, right? Let us know how you get on! Related links:  The JOE Friday […]

    3 years ago

  • Shakira absolutely torches ex-boyfriend Pique in lyrics of new song

    Shakira absolutely torches ex-boyfriend Pique in lyrics of new song

    Someone get the aloe, there are some serious burns here From the outside looking in, 2022 was not a good year for Shakira. Not only did she and her partner of 11 years Gerard Piqué announce their separation, but she was also brought to court for alleged tax fraud. Prosecutors accused her of not paying […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix reveals a host of major upcoming sports documentaries

    Netflix reveals a host of major upcoming sports documentaries

    Including brand-new documentary series on the Six Nations and the FIFA World Cup. Netflix has just unveiled a slate of upcoming sports documentaries headed for the streaming platform, the first of which actually debuts this week. The slate covers everything from tennis, golf, Formula 1, rugby, soccer and the Tour De France, so no matter […]

    3 years ago

  • One of the best erotic thrillers of all time is getting a 2023 remake

    One of the best erotic thrillers of all time is getting a 2023 remake

    The multiple Oscar-nominated classic is being turned into an eight-part mini-series Released in cinemas in 1987, Fatal Attraction was an absolutely phenomenal hit. Directed by Adrian Lyne (who was also behind other seminal movies like Flashdance, 8 1/2 Weeks, Indecent Proposal, Jacob’s Ladder, Lolita, Unfaithful and … um … Deep Water), it starred Michael Douglas […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix’s new documentary could be 2023’s answer to The Tinder Swindler

    Netflix’s new documentary could be 2023’s answer to The Tinder Swindler

    For fans of true-crime stories, this is an absolute must-watch. At the start of 2022, Netflix released The Tinder Swindler, a jaw-dropping documentary that became one of the most-talked-about releases for the platform, and the single most-watched release on Netflix for all of 2022. They’re obviously hoping to have the same result with this early-in-the-year […]

    3 years ago

  • 23 new and returning shows in 2023 we’re very excited about

    23 new and returning shows in 2023 we’re very excited about

    Each and everyone one of these shows looks like an absolute must-watch We’ve already done the biggest movies for 2023 and the biggest games of 2023, so now we’re on the shows we’re dying to see this year. Of course, this list isn’t exhaustive, as we’re sure there will be plenty more shows still be […]

    3 years ago

  • 5 of the best moments from the 2023 Golden Globes

    5 of the best moments from the 2023 Golden Globes

    This year’s Golden Globes ceremony was quite the emotional rollercoaster Unlike any speech by any of the Golden Globes winner ever, we’re going to keep this intro short. So here we go… 1. Host Jerrod Carmichael’s opening monologue The host for the 80th ceremony set the tone immediately, by putting the Hollywood Foreign Press Association […]

    3 years ago

  • The new mystery thriller series from Line Of Duty director is a must-watch

    The new mystery thriller series from Line Of Duty director is a must-watch

    All six episodes of the new series are available to watch at home right now The folk working on The Rig are all fantastic in their own right, so having them working all together is very exciting. The series is produced and some of the episodes are directed by John Strickland (Line of Duty), working […]

    3 years ago

  • REVIEW: The Last Of Us is a savage, beautiful, terrifying masterpiece

    REVIEW: The Last Of Us is a savage, beautiful, terrifying masterpiece

    One of the most anticipated new shows of all time, The Last Of Us arrives this week When it comes to The Last Of Us, there are two types of people in the world: (1) those who have played the game and are approaching this adaptation with serious trepidation, not only because of the infamous […]

    3 years ago

  • “The best restaurant in the world” is closing down forever

    “The best restaurant in the world” is closing down forever

    And people are (jokingly) blaming a recent movie for its closure Have you ever been to a Michelin restaurant? What about a two-star Michelin restaurant? Less likely, as there are only 18 in the UK. What about a three-star Michelin restaurant? Much less likely, as there are only 142 of them on the planet, and […]

    3 years ago

  • Two huge stars are reportedly joining the new Ocean’s movie

    Two huge stars are reportedly joining the new Ocean’s movie

    The new megastars being added to the series have got us VERY excited… Prepare yourselves, because this is about to get complicated. Ocean’s 11 came out in 1960, starring Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin and Sammy Davis Jr., and it was fundamentally NOT a good movie. Jump forward to 2001, and this was remade as […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix has a new ‘worst reviewed’ original series of all time

    Netflix has a new ‘worst reviewed’ original series of all time

    The show’s has been labelled ‘depressing and embarrassing’ They can’t all be winners. While Netflix has a bit of a habit of cancelling shows after one season, it seems unlikely that this new “worst reviewed” show will be cancelled any time soon, considering where it is coming from. The four-episode mini-series of The Witcher: Blood […]

    3 years ago

  • Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney discovered in FIFA 23

    Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney discovered in FIFA 23

    The Hollywood stars (and Wrexham club owners) were uncovered in the game this week. Back in August, Disney+ launched their new sports documentary series Welcome To Wrexham, which told the story of how struggling Welsh club Wrexham FC were suddenly taken over by two of Hollywood’s most famous stars, Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney. At […]

    3 years ago

  • WATCH: The trailer for Evil Dead Rise will give you nightmares

    WATCH: The trailer for Evil Dead Rise will give you nightmares

    The next installment in the iconic horror franchise is on the way Evil Dead, much like the hordes of undead that faced throughout the franchise, simply refuses to stay buried for long. Since the first movie arrived in 1981, we’ve had two sequels, a reboot, and a TV series, and now we’re getting Evil Dead […]

    3 years ago

  • REVIEW: Kaleidoscope is an amazing idea wrapped around an okay show

    REVIEW: Kaleidoscope is an amazing idea wrapped around an okay show

    Kaleidoscope is Netflix’s first big show of 2023 It is a concept that Black Mirror would’ve killed for. Taking place over 25 years, the eight episodes of Kaleidoscope will arrive in each Netflix account in a completely unique way. Well… sort of. The first seven episodes of Kaleidoscope will arrive in a random order, all […]

    3 years ago

  • A deep dive on 2023’s biggest cinematic head-to-head battle

    A deep dive on 2023’s biggest cinematic head-to-head battle

    Two of 2023’s most-talked-about movies land in cinemas on the exact same date. In December 2020, the world was still very much mid-pandemic, and movie companies had no idea what the future of cinema might be. Some distributors took to releasing their new projects on streaming platforms for a premium price – remember when Disney+ […]

    3 years ago

  • 23 games arriving in 2023 that we’re very excited to play

    23 games arriving in 2023 that we’re very excited to play

    Some huge games coming to PlayStation, Xbox, PC and Switch over the next 12 months As always, games are prone to schedule changes, so the below choices are based entirely on the information we had at the time of writing. Plus, we’re sure there will be plenty of out-of-nowhere games that will completely blow us […]

    3 years ago

  • Predicting the 10 biggest box office hits of 2023

    Predicting the 10 biggest box office hits of 2023

    We try to work out what movies will be the biggest hits in 2023 Before we get into our purely guestimated 10 biggest box office hits of 2023, we need to call out some of the dark horses that could come out of nowhere and absolutely demolish this list. Movies like Barbie, The Little Mermaid, […]

    3 years ago

  • All of the new Netflix movies and shows arriving in January

    All of the new Netflix movies and shows arriving in January

    Netflix has revealed its line-up of original films and series arriving in the first month of 2023 Netflix knows that January is a tough month, as we’re all in a bit of a post-Christmas funk, and it is still too cold and dark outside to do anything fun. Thankfully, Netflix will also be provided loads […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix’s killer volcano documentary is dominating the most-watched charts

    Netflix’s killer volcano documentary is dominating the most-watched charts

    We imagine there will be a lot of googling for volcano-locations after watching this Doing for volcanos what Netflix has already successfully done for using Tinder or going to expensive music festivals, prepare for another documentary to scare you silly. As we mentioned in our recent list of the 22 most important movies of 2022, […]

    3 years ago

  • The 10 best movies on TV on Christmas Day

    The 10 best movies on TV on Christmas Day

    Plan your Christmas Day viewing menu accordingly! We’ve painstakingly gone through all of the movies that will be shown on TV on Christmas Day, and we’ve picked out what we reckon are 10 of the best. So here you go, all of the best movies to watch on Sunday 25 December, starting with… Kindergarten Cop […]

    3 years ago

  • 10 hidden gem shows you might have missed in 2022

    10 hidden gem shows you might have missed in 2022

    Some of the very best shows of the year that might have gone completely under your radar There are some shows this year that everyone has watched and/or already heard about. House of the Dragon, The White Lotus Season 2, Wednesday, Stranger Things Season 4, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Euphoria Season 2, etc., etc. […]

    3 years ago

  • The worst-reviewed movie of 2022 has been revealed

    The worst-reviewed movie of 2022 has been revealed

    Five of the 15 worst movies of the year were Netflix exclusives As we get closer and closer to the end of the year, it is time to take stock, and that includes putting a spotlight on the single worst movie of 2022. Already we’ve looked at the best-reviewed movie of the year, 22 great […]

    3 years ago

  • The biggest question around The Batman sequel has finally been answered

    The biggest question around The Batman sequel has finally been answered

    The Batman sequel already has the rumour mill going into overdrive Since before the first movie even arrived in cinemas in March of this year, fans have been trying to guess what to expect from The Batman sequel. While there were plenty of breadcrumbs scattered throughout the 2022 movie – including Barry Keoghan’s last minute […]

    3 years ago

  • The first reactions to Avatar The Way Of Water have got us VERY excited

    The first reactions to Avatar The Way Of Water have got us VERY excited

    “This is movie making and storytelling at its absolute finest.” We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again: never bet against James Cameron, and never bet against Avatar: The Way of Water. Yes, 13 years is a long time to wait for a sequel, but this is the writer/director who delivered sequels to Alien and […]

    3 years ago

  • Rotten Tomatoes reveals the best reviewed movie of 2022

    Rotten Tomatoes reveals the best reviewed movie of 2022

    It is apparently the only movie this year not to receive a single negative review. Before we get into the Rotten Tomatoes top 10, some qualifiers. First of all, what qualifies as a “fresh” (i.e. good) review on Rotten Tomatoes is for the reviewer to give the movie an above average score. For example, if […]

    3 years ago

  • REVIEW: Black Panther Wakanda Forever should win Marvel its first acting Oscar

    REVIEW: Black Panther Wakanda Forever should win Marvel its first acting Oscar

    Our spoiler-free review ahead of the blockbuster’s release in cinemas this week. Now that we’ve reached the 30th movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – which has been filled with some properly terrific performances to date – it is a little surprising that not one acting Oscar nomination has been awarded to the MCU to […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix’s cheaper ad-supported plan removes access to multiple popular titles

    Netflix’s cheaper ad-supported plan removes access to multiple popular titles

    Up to 10% of the Netflix library will reportedly no longer be accessible to those on the cheaper price plan Netflix is launching a new version of their subscription plan, which will see a lower monthly price in exchange for adverts being shown during the movies and shows you’re watching. The plan, titled Basic With […]

    3 years ago

  • Netflix reveals full line-up of new shows and movies arriving in November

    Netflix reveals full line-up of new shows and movies arriving in November

    A little later than expected, but better late than never… Netflix has revealed the full list of original movies and shows coming to the streaming service this month. Kicking off with… NETFLIX TV Young Royals: Season 2 – 1 Nov Struggling to accept his newfound royal duties, Wilhelm fears his Crown Prince title will cost […]

    3 years ago

  • One of the most romantic movies ever made has just been added to Netflix

    One of the most romantic movies ever made has just been added to Netflix

    The movie scored an almost unheard of 95% on Metacritic Originally released in cinemas in 2019, Portrait Of A Lady On Fire became an immediate critical hit. It won multiple awards for Best Picture, Best Screenplay and Best Actress at film festivals all around the world. But as with most films of this nature, it […]

    3 years ago

  • Holy sh*t, the BioShock movie is really FINALLY happening

    Holy sh*t, the BioShock movie is really FINALLY happening

    There are some serious names tied to the project already After over a decade of rumours, false starts and collapsed productions, the BioShock movie is finally really happening — and it’s being headed up by Netflix. Netflix confirmed that director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend, Constantine) and writer Michael Green (Logan, Blade Runner 2049) have […]

    3 years ago

  • WhatsApp introduces way to leave groups silently

    WhatsApp introduces way to leave groups silently

    It’s one of several privacy updates WhatsApp is introducing Mark Zuckerberg has announced that WhatsApp is bringing in three new privacy features that will allow users to add extra layers of protection to their conversations, including the ability to leave groups silently. The three new features are as follows: Leave Groups Silently: If you’re in […]

    3 years ago

  • All the new releases coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and cinemas in August

    All the new releases coming to Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+ and cinemas in August

    Some brand new action blockbusters, horrors, heartbreaking dramas and family friendly comedies to enjoy over the next 31 days… This is your one-stop shop for all of the new movies and shows coming to Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and to your local cinema throughout the month of August. What’s on at the cinema in […]

    3 years ago

  • WATCH: Prey director reveals big God Of War influence

    WATCH: Prey director reveals big God Of War influence

    The director of the prequel to Predator talks about the major influences on his new sci-fi action horror Director Dan Trachtenberg got everyone’s attention with his 2011 short film Portal: No Escape, which was based on the hit video game series of the same name and racked up over 25 million views. Hollywood quickly came […]

    3 years ago

  • Ryan Gosling & The Russo Brothers play Best Of Frenemies

    Ryan Gosling & The Russo Brothers play Best Of Frenemies

    If you ever wanted to hear Ryan Gosling’s opinions on Batman, Joker, X-Men and Hannibal Lecter, then look no further… There are some characters in cinematic history who, if only things had worked out ever so slightly differently, then they might have ended up being good friends. You hear that line in movies a lot […]

    3 years ago

  • Ryan Gosling reveals the most dangerous stunt performed in The Gray Man

    Ryan Gosling reveals the most dangerous stunt performed in The Gray Man

    “You always have to be suspicious for what they leave for the end of shooting…” It is kind of weird to realise, but Ryan Gosling hasn’t really done an action movie. As he puts it himself, he’s done some movies with some action in them, but even he wouldn’t qualify them as action movies. The […]

    3 years ago

  • HBO boss gives updates on The Last Of Us and the future of Succession and Westworld

    HBO boss gives updates on The Last Of Us and the future of Succession and Westworld

    Release dates and future seasons are on the agenda. HBO has provided an update on the highly-anticipated The Last Of Us TV show adaptation as well as other hit series like Jesse Armstrong’s Succession and sci-fi epic, Westworld. The Emmy nominations were announced on Tuesday and HBO racked up an impressive 140 nominations across 24 […]

    3 years ago

  • PlayStation confirms 17 games, including a brand new exclusive, coming to PS Plus in July

    PlayStation confirms 17 games, including a brand new exclusive, coming to PS Plus in July

    Including a brand new, day-one release. As previously reported, PlayStation has launched its new-and-improved version of PS Plus, which will continue to give subscribers free games each month, as well as access to hundreds of PlayStation games from throughout the generations of the consoles. For more info on that, check the PS Blog right here. […]

    3 years ago

  • The Ultimate PlayStation Quiz

    The Ultimate PlayStation Quiz

    Questions on all five PS consoles and some of the biggest games of all time… Hundreds of millions of consoles sold, and games sales into the billions, you’ve either owned one of the five PlayStation consoles so far… or you’ve owned more than one… or you’ve owned them all. Decades of gaming and some of […]

    4 years ago

  • The free subscription games coming to PlayStation and Xbox in July

    The free subscription games coming to PlayStation and Xbox in July

    If you’ve got the subscriptions, here are the new additions coming to your PS5, Xbox Series X, PS4 and Xbox One. Both PlayStation and Xbox have announced the additions to their gaming subscription services for the month of July, with some taking effect from the first week of the month, and others spread out across […]

    4 years ago

  • Atari releasing 50th anniversary collection with over 90 classic games

    Atari releasing 50th anniversary collection with over 90 classic games

    A must-buy for fans of retro classics While it is probably a massive oversimplification to say that without Atari, there would be no Nintendo, no Xbox and no PlayStation… Atari was definitely responsible for the first major explosion in the popularity of home gaming systems. Originally formed in 1972, the California-based company produced the likes […]

    4 years ago

  • The Top 5 Must-Play Games of 2022 So Far

    The Top 5 Must-Play Games of 2022 So Far

    If you haven’t played all five yet, then you must correct that ASAP. We’ll be honest… it hasn’t been a GREAT year for games so far, has it? With the delays from the pandemic still directly affecting the release dates of some of the biggest games of 2022 and beyond, releases have been sparser than […]

    4 years ago

  • Marvel finally reveals some details about their top-secret new movie

    Marvel finally reveals some details about their top-secret new movie

    This could be a bit of a game-changer for the MCU… Usually, Marvel is quite upfront about what they’re making, or at least planning on making – they’ve made huge events out of them showing off their upcoming timeline every year. The MCU‘s future is constantly being mapped out with multiple movies and now Disney+ […]

    4 years ago

  • Where will 2023’s Eurovision be held if Ukraine can’t host?

    Where will 2023’s Eurovision be held if Ukraine can’t host?

    There are currently two front-runners for an alternative location for next year’s Eurovision song contest Ukraine won the 2022 Eurovision song contest, storming the competition following the reveal of the public votes, ending with 631 points, followed by the UK in second place with 466 points and Spain a close third with 459 points. It […]

    4 years ago

  • Conversations With Friends tackles sexuality the way Normal People tackled sex

    Conversations With Friends tackles sexuality the way Normal People tackled sex

    ‘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

  • Eurovision producers reveal ‘irregular voting patterns’ during Saturday night’s final

    Eurovision producers reveal ‘irregular voting patterns’ during Saturday night’s final

    It was identified during the second semi-final Ukraine won the 66th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night, having absolutely stormed the public vote following their performance of “Stefania” by Kalush Orchestra. However, during the broadcast, the media was informed of “irregular voting patterns” by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), who produce the event. The EBU […]

    4 years ago