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  • Disney+ adds crime drama series based on shocking true story

    Disney+ adds crime drama series based on shocking true story

    The acclaimed show’s eight episodes are streaming right now. Disney+ has just added Under the Bridge, a new crime drama series based on a shocking true story. Adapted from acclaimed author Rebecca Godfrey’s book of the same name, the show revolves around the 1997 killing of 14-year-old Canadian girl Reena Virk (played in the series […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the best and most timely shows on TV has finally returned to screens

    One of the best and most timely shows on TV has finally returned to screens

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The hit show’s blend of scabrous humour and hyper-violence returns with aplomb, as the series becomes sharper in its real-world critiques. Prime Video’s satirical superhero series The Boys has been one of the most consistently entertaining and watchable shows […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the greatest crime thriller movies ever is on TV tonight

    One of the greatest crime thriller movies ever is on TV tonight

    The film comes from the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 13 June) is To Live and Die in L.A., the ’80s neo-noir action crime thriller co-written and directed by the late and great William Friedkin. The film tells the story of two Secret Service agents […]

    2 years ago

  • BBC’s new crime drama series looks like a must-see for Happy Valley fans

    BBC’s new crime drama series looks like a must-see for Happy Valley fans

    The show is set in an ‘eerie lakeside town where an arson, missing persons cold case, and an illicit triangle are intricately intertwined’. The BBC has released new images from its upcoming crime drama The Jetty, which looks like it could be a must-watch for fans of Happy Valley. Instead of Happy Valley’s Yorkshire setting, […]

    2 years ago

  • A star-studded legal thriller show is now available to stream at home

    A star-studded legal thriller show is now available to stream at home

    The series is a reboot of both a classic novel and movie. Presumed Innocent, a new legal thriller series starring Oscar-nominee Jake Gyllenhaal, has just premiered on Apple TV+. The show is based on the bestselling novel of the same name by lawyer Scott Turow that was previously made into an acclaimed 1990 movie starring […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the greatest thriller movies ever made is on TV tonight

    One of the greatest thriller movies ever made is on TV tonight

    It’s from the director of Apocalypse Now and The Godfather trilogy. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 12 June) is The Conversation, the amazing 1974 thriller from writer-director Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now, The Godfather trilogy, this year’s Megalopolis). Two-time Oscar-winner Gene Hackman in the film plays a surveillance expert named Harry Caul who […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the best crime thriller shows of recent years has been cancelled

    One of the best crime thriller shows of recent years has been cancelled

    Despite earning rave reviews, the gangster series will not be back for a third season. Tokyo Vice, one of the best reviewed crime thriller shows of recent years, has been cancelled after two seasons. Based on the 2009 memoir of the same name and created by playwright J.T. Rogers (Oslo), the series revolves around real-life […]

    2 years ago

  • Prime Video has added one of the tensest thriller movies of the 21st century

    Prime Video has added one of the tensest thriller movies of the 21st century

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The revenge thriller has a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. Prime Video has just added Blue Ruin, the extremely tense US indie revenge thriller movie from 2013. The film centres around Dwight (Macon Blair, Oppenheimer), a homeless drifter who returns […]

    2 years ago

  • Prime Video has just added an insane action movie

    Prime Video has just added an insane action movie

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It also features several of the most famous actors of recent years. Prime Video has just added Smokin’ Aces, the crazy 2006 action movie which boasts an outrageously stacked ensemble cast. Written and directed by action maestro Joe Carnahan […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has added a mystery movie from the writer of Gone Girl

    Netflix has added a mystery movie from the writer of Gone Girl

    The soon to be rebooted thriller is fronted by Oscar-winner and features a starry supporting cast. Netflix has just added Dark Places, the 2015 mystery thriller movie based on the 2009 novel of the same name from author Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl, Sharp Objects). The film centres around a woman named Libby Day (Oscar-winner Charlize […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has just added a brilliant mystery thriller movie

    Netflix has just added a brilliant mystery thriller movie

    The darkly comic thriller film has an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix has just added Bodies Bodies Bodies, the acclaimed 2022 dark comedy mystery thriller movie. It centres around a group of rich and entitled 20-somethings in the US who plan a hurricane party at a remote family mansion. After drinking and doing drugs together, tensions begin to […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has just added a new crime comedy movie with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

    Netflix has just added a new crime comedy movie with 98% on Rotten Tomatoes

    From the director of Dazed and Confused and School of Rock, the film has been called one of 2024’s best so far. Hit Man has just been added to Netflix, the new already acclaimed crime comedy movie starring Glen Powell (Anyone but You, Top Gun: Maverick). Co-written by Powell alongside director Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, School of […]

    2 years ago

  • Prime Video has just added one of the best comedy movies of recent years

    Prime Video has just added one of the best comedy movies of recent years

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It has been earning a lot of comparisons to the brilliant Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Comedian and musician ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic is best known for his parodies of famous songs. As such, it makes sense that a movie about […]

    2 years ago

  • The best war movie ever made is airing on TV tonight

    The best war movie ever made is airing on TV tonight

    It’s also one of the best films of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 7 June) is Apocalypse Now, the ’70s war epic from co-writer and director Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather trilogy, this year’s Megalopolis). Featuring an ensemble cast that includes Dennis Hopper, Frederic Forrest, Laurence Fishburne, Robert Duvall, Scott Glenn and a memorable Harrison Ford cameo, the […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the most gruesome movies ever is getting a surprise TV reboot

    One of the most gruesome movies ever is getting a surprise TV reboot

    In another unexpected move, it is also set to star a recent Oscar nominee. Hostel, the Eli Roth-created splatter-horror movie franchise, is reportedly getting a surprise new TV reboot. And in another unexpected move, a recently Oscar-nominated actor is said to have already signed on to the project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) has closed a deal […]

    2 years ago

  • Disney+ has just added one of 2024’s biggest shows

    Disney+ has just added one of 2024’s biggest shows

    Coming from the creator of Netflix hit Russian Doll, it holds a 90% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. The Acolyte, the latest series in the iconic Star Wars franchise, has premiered on Disney+. Hailing from the acclaimed writer-director Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), the show is set before the events of the Skywalker Saga, with its […]

    2 years ago

  • A star-studded crime drama movie is airing on TV tonight

    A star-studded crime drama movie is airing on TV tonight

    It features a real-life father and daughter duo in the lead roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 5 June) is Flag Day, the 2021 crime drama directed by and starring the Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn (Mystic River). Based on a true story, the film centres around the daughter (Dylan Penn) of a notorious […]

    2 years ago

  • New thriller about giant shark in Paris has just dropped on Netflix

    New thriller about giant shark in Paris has just dropped on Netflix

    Directed by one of the team behind Gangs of London and starring an Oscar nominee, the movie has been getting quite good reviews. Netflix has just added a new shark movie that looks like it should appeal to fans of Deep Blue Sea, Jaws, The Meg and The Shallows. The film is titled Under Paris […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has added these 20 huge movies to its library

    Netflix has added these 20 huge movies to its library

    A good mix of new and old gems In the past few weeks, Netflix in the UK and Ireland have been busy adding dozens of movies – here’s the best of the bunch. About Time Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, and Bill Nighy star in this sci-fi comedy drama from the director of Love Actually that will probably make you […]

    2 years ago

  • Season 2 of drama labelled ‘best Irish show of all time’ is coming to Netflix

    Season 2 of drama labelled ‘best Irish show of all time’ is coming to Netflix

    It comes as the future of the hit series is still up in the air. Hit Irish crime drama series Kin’s second season is finally coming to Netflix next month, having already earned acclaim in both Ireland and on the BBC. Co-created by Peter McKenna and Ciarán Donnelly, the show’s first season premiered in 2021 […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has just added an incredibly unsettling thriller movie

    Netflix has just added an incredibly unsettling thriller movie

    Written and directed by someone more well-known outside of filmmaking, the thriller has developed a bit of a cult following in the years since its release. Netflix has just added Nocturnal Animals to its library, the excellent and unsettling thriller movie written and directed by fashion designer Tom Ford (A Single Man). Adapted from the 1993 novel Tony & Susan, […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix reveals all of June’s new movies and series

    Netflix reveals all of June’s new movies and series

    There is going to be several exciting new additions, particular for fans of action and thrillers. Another month has passed, meaning it’s time for us to run down all the Netflix original movies and TV shows coming to the streaming service over the next 30 days. Netflix original movies arriving in June: The Price of Nonna’s Inheritance […]

    2 years ago

  • Oscar winning film with huge Rotten Tomatoes score just landed on Netflix

    Oscar winning film with huge Rotten Tomatoes score just landed on Netflix

    After its cinema release just last December, the Oscar-winning blockbuster is now available to watch at home. Godzilla Minus One, the beloved 2023 monster movie that picked up an Oscar earlier this year, has finally been added to Netflix. Hailing from Japan, the country which gave us the first Godzilla film all the way back […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has just added one of 2023’s very best movies

    Netflix has just added one of 2023’s very best movies

    After its cinema release just last December, the Oscar-winning blockbuster is now available to watch at home. Godzilla Minus One, the beloved 2023 monster movie that picked up an Oscar earlier this year, has finally been added to Netflix. Hailing from Japan, the country which gave us the first Godzilla film all the way back in 1954, the […]

    2 years ago

  • A brilliant but underseen mystery thriller movie is on TV tonight

    A brilliant but underseen mystery thriller movie is on TV tonight

    The film may be on late tonight but we highly recommend checking it out. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 June) is February, the acclaimed 2015 mystery horror thriller also known as The Blackcoat’s Daughter in some territories. Told over multiple timelines, the film primarily focuses on two girls (Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton) who, after being left behind at […]

    2 years ago

  • Prime Video has just added one of 2023’s biggest movies

    Prime Video has just added one of 2023’s biggest movies

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It has an 89 per cent audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Last week, we highlighted how Prime Video had added the first four Hunger Games movies to its streaming service and now it has gone ahead and added the fifth – […]

    2 years ago

  • Disney+ has just added one of 2024’s most-anticipated movies

    Disney+ has just added one of 2024’s most-anticipated movies

    It is the latest entry in a long-running franchise The First Omen, the sixth entry in The Omen horror movie franchise and a prequel to the classic 1976 original, has just been added to Disney+. Co-written and directed by Arkasha Stevenson (Brand New Cherry Flavor, Channel Zero), the film sees rising star Nell Tiger Free (Servant) play Margaret, […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has added an extremely tense new mystery thriller series

    Netflix has added an extremely tense new mystery thriller series

    It’s perfect for those looking to binge watch a show over the weekend Eric, a very tense new mystery thriller series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, has just been added to Netflix. In the show, the two-time Oscar nominee plays Vincent – an irascible puppeteer living in 1980’s New York with his wife Cassie (an excellent Gaby Hoffman) and young […]

    2 years ago

  • One of Guy Ritchie’s most beloved movies is getting surprise prequel series

    One of Guy Ritchie’s most beloved movies is getting surprise prequel series

    It comes hot on the heels of the success of the Netflix series version of The Gentlemen. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Prime Video has announced it has ordered a prequel series to Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies, with the filmmaker returning to direct […]

    2 years ago

  • A very dark gangster thriller movie is on TV tonight

    A very dark gangster thriller movie is on TV tonight

    Loosely based on true events, it’s been called ‘Zodiac meets Goodfellas’. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 30 May) is The Iceman, the 2012 gangster thriller starring Michael Shannon as real-life criminal Richard Kuklinski. Based loosely on Kuklinski’s life, the film depicts him establishing his reputation as a cold-blooded mafia hitman while struggling to […]

    2 years ago

  • Robert De Niro has brutal two-word response to hecklers

    Robert De Niro has brutal two-word response to hecklers

    The two-time Oscar-winner drew the ire of Trump supporters after speaking out against the former US president. As well as being known for his incredible decades-long movie career, Robert De Niro in recent years has made himself known as a staunch critic of Donald Trump. In keeping with this, earlier in the week, the two-time […]

    2 years ago

  • Disney+ has just added new spy thriller show from Peaky Blinders creator

    Disney+ has just added new spy thriller show from Peaky Blinders creator

    It also stars one of modern TV’s most acclaimed actresses. The Veil, a new spy thriller series from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, is now streaming on Disney+ in its entirety. Comprising six episodes, the show stars the ‘Queen of Peak TV’ Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men, The Handmaid’s Tale, Top of the Lake) as Imogen […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of the past 15 years is getting a surprise sequel

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the past 15 years is getting a surprise sequel

    If you’ve never seen the original, we highly recommend seeking it out. It has been announced that the 2013 cult sci-fi psychological thriller movie classic Coherence is getting a surprise sequel over a decade later. For those not aware of the original, the US indie flick – made for around a reported $50,000 – revolves […]

    2 years ago

  • A twisty and twisted thriller is one of the movies on TV tonight

    A twisty and twisted thriller is one of the movies on TV tonight

    It has an 81% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 29 May) is Fresh, the excellent 2022 horror thriller starring Daisy Edgar-Jones (Where the Crawdads Sing) and Sebastian Stan (Captain America). The film centres around Noa (Edgar-Jones), a young woman increasingly disillusioned with online dating who thinks her luck has […]

    2 years ago

  • One of 2024’s best TV shows is now available to stream at home

    One of 2024’s best TV shows is now available to stream at home

    Featuring an Oscar-winning actor like you’ve never seen him before, the series is a must for fans of spy thrillers. HBO’s much-anticipated spy thriller show The Sympathizer is now streaming in its entirety via Sky Atlantic and NOW Entertainment. An adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name, the series centres […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the most powerful war drama movies ever is on TV tonight

    One of the most powerful war drama movies ever is on TV tonight

    Featuring a massive A-list star, it won two Oscars. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 28 May) is Born on the Fourth of July, the 1989 biographical anti-war drama starring Tom Cruise. Earning his first Oscar nomination for his performance in the film, Cruise plays the real-life Ron Kovic – a young patriotic American […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the most divisive movies of recent years is now available to stream at home

    One of the most divisive movies of recent years is now available to stream at home

    The film has split audiences right down the middle. The Outwaters, the divisive micro-budget found footage horror movie from 2022, is finally available to stream at home via the streaming service Shudder. The film opens by telling the audience that four friends (one of whom is played by writer-director Robbie Banfitch) in the US disappeared […]

    2 years ago

  • An action sci-fi movie gem is airing on TV tonight

    An action sci-fi movie gem is airing on TV tonight

    It boasts two major action stars. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 25 May) is the cult sci-fi action flick Universal Soldier: Regeneration featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. A direct sequel to the hit 1992 film about dead soldiers brought back to life to be android fighting machines, Regeneration sees a terrorist […]

    2 years ago

  • Prime Video has added these 30 big movies to its library

    Prime Video has added these 30 big movies to its library

    This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. There’s a bounty of great films now available to stream. Needing something to watch this weekend? Well, you can check out JOE’s new Weekend Streaming Guide, our movies on TV for column for today or this new list of […]

    2 years ago

  • One of the most underappreciated movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the most underappreciated movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    Featuring two big stars, its director has a massive new movie arriving in cinemas today. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Three Thousand Years of Longing, the film legendary director George Miller made in between Mad Max: Fury Road and the now in cinemas Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. Boasting one of the most […]

    2 years ago

  • JOE Film Club: 7 movies and shows to stream this weekend

    JOE Film Club: 7 movies and shows to stream this weekend

    It’s a particularly good weekend for fans of horrors and thrillers. Another week has passed, meaning another edition of the JOE Weekend Streaming Guide is in order. And for those looking for some cool movies and shows to watch this weekend, scroll below. Movies Atlas (Netflix) In this new Netflix original sci-fi action sci-fi thriller, […]

    2 years ago

  • ‘The second best war movie’ of all time is on TV tonight

    ‘The second best war movie’ of all time is on TV tonight

    ‘Do you maggots understand that?!’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 23 May) is Full Metal Jacket, which was recently named the “second best war movie of all time”. Co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick (2001: A Space Odyssey, Dr. Strangelove, The Shining) – widely considered the greatest filmmaker ever – the 1987 film […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has added a star-studded legal drama movie

    Netflix has added a star-studded legal drama movie

    Its cast is led by two Oscar winners. The Judge, the absolutely star-studded legal drama movie from 2014, has been added to Netflix’s US library. The film stars Oscar-winner Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) as Hank, a hot shot lawyer living in Chicago whose personal life is a bit of a mess. After the death of […]

    2 years ago

  • A very fun horror thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A very fun horror thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    It was a big box office hit upon release. Our TV movie pick for tonight is My Bloody Valentine, the 2009 slasher starring Jensen Ackles (Supernatural, The Boys). A remake of the 1981 film of the same name, it centres around Tom Hanniger (Ackles) who, when he was an inexperienced coal miner ten years ago, […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix’s new ‘mind-bending’ sci-fi show looks like a must-see for Black Mirror fans

    Netflix’s new ‘mind-bending’ sci-fi show looks like a must-see for Black Mirror fans

    A trailer has been released for the anthology series, which will consist of seven ‘mind-bending stories’ of ‘supernatural sci-fi phenomena’. Black Mirror was recently announced to be returning for its seventh season in 2025 but if you can’t wait that long, Netflix has released a teaser trailer for its new sci-fi anthology show coming next […]

    2 years ago

  • An incredible murder mystery thriller is now available to stream at home

    An incredible murder mystery thriller is now available to stream at home

    It’s a must watch for fans of dark whodunits. For those who love dark and twisty murder mystery thrillers, a great movie in the sub-genre has just been made available to watch at home. That film is Nightwatch, a 1994 Danish flick now streaming on Shudder with a great cast including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of […]

    2 years ago

  • An incredible epic Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    An incredible epic Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    It’s about a Missouri farmer turned feared gunfighter during the American Civil War. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 21 May) is The Outlaw Josey Wales, the ’70s revisionist Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. In the film, he plays Josey Wales – a Missouri farmer turned feared gunfighter following the murder of […]

    2 years ago

  • Clint Eastwood’s final Western has just been added to Netflix

    Clint Eastwood’s final Western has just been added to Netflix

    It sees the actor-director play a one-time rodeo star sent on a mission. 93-year-old Clint Eastwood’s next movie Juror No. 2 recently completed filming and, according to reports, is set to be the last film that he directs. As such, this makes Cry Macho – Eastwood’s 2021 movie which he directed and starred in – […]

    2 years ago

  • Netflix has just added a hit thriller movie to its library

    Netflix has just added a hit thriller movie to its library

    It is inspired by one of the most famous novels of all time. Netflix has just added The Invitation to its library – the horror thriller movie which was a box office hit upon release in 2022. The film tells the story of Evie (Nathalie Emmanuel – Game of Thrones, the Fast & Furious franchise), […]

    2 years ago

  • A cult classic action movie is airing on TV tonight

    A cult classic action movie is airing on TV tonight

    Having been praised for its prophetic vision of the future, a remake of the film is currently in the works. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 18 May) is The Running Man, the ’80s dystopian action flick based on a Stephen King novel. Set in 2019, the film depicts the US as a totalitarian […]

    2 years ago