Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the fifth entry in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. We are presenting players with stills from 15 movies. They then have to select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the […]

1 year ago

The film was only in cinemas a few weeks ago. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, one of 2024’s best blockbuster movies to date, is now available to stream via Disney+. Released in cinemas only a few weeks ago, the film is the 10th in the Planet of the Apes franchise and a standalone sequel […]

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It’s a must-watch for fans of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 2 August) is Moonfall, the 2022 sci-fi disaster flick from legend of the sub-genre Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, 2012). The film sees a mysterious force knock the Moon from its orbit, […]

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While the film may have confused audiences upon release, it has aged extremely well. Alien: Romulus, the much-anticipated next instalment in the legendary Alien franchise, lands in cinemas this month – which will no doubt prompt a lot of the series’ fans to revisit its previous movies that are all streaming on Disney+. While 1979’s […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Holding a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the series only wrapped up last year. All 10 seasons of a crime thriller series with a “best ever opening scene” are currently streaming on Prime Video. That show is titled The […]

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All of the show’s episodes clock in at under 25 minutes, making it an easy binge-watch. Netflix has just added the first season of Suspect, the hit Channel 4 crime mystery show in which James Nesbitt (The Missing) leads an all-star cast. Based on the Danish series Face to Face, Nesbitt stars as a veteran […]

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Boasting a truly all-star cast, a remake of the film is said to be in the works. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 1 August) is Backdraft, the 1991 action thriller about a team of firefighters in Chicago. Directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, Rush), the film in particular focuses on two firefighting brothers, […]

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The film opens with the title card: ‘This is more true than you’d think.’ Wicked Little Letters, the black comedy mystery based on the real-life Littlehampton poison-pen scandal, has rocketed to No. 1 on Netflix’s Top 10 films list for the UK. Released in cinemas just last February, the movie opens with a title card […]

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We’re still waiting on the follow-up to the film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 31 July) is Sicario: The Day of the Soldado, the underrated sequel to the brilliant action thriller Sicario. Sicario is the word for ‘hitman’ in Spanish while Soldado is the word for ‘soldier’. The follow-up is set a few […]

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In an interview with JOE, the actor even suggested where his character could find himself in a follow-up. Get Out actor Lil Rel Howery has told JOE that he would return for a sequel to the Oscar-winning horror movie. The actor played Rod Williams in the film, an airport police officer and the loyal best […]

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Part of the 2024 crowdpleaser takes place at the 1924 Paris Olympics. Young Woman and the Sea, one of 2024’s most beloved sports biopics, has just been added to Disney+. The film sees Daisy Ridley (Rey in Star Wars) play legendary swimmer Trudy Ederle, who was known as “the Queen of the Waves”. Young Woman […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The film has already earned comparisons to The Dirty Dozen and Inglourious Basterds. Prime Video has just added The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, a new action war movie from co-writer and director Guy Richie (The Gentlemen, Snatch). The film […]

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While it received poor reviews upon release, the film has become a bit of a cult classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 30 July) is The Butterfly Effect, the 2004 cult sci-fi thriller. An against-type Ashton Kutcher (That ’70s Show) stars as Evan, a college student who suffered a traumatic childhood and is […]

1 year ago

There is a £100 Amazon Gift Card up for grabs this week. Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the fourth entry in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 15 movies. You then must select what film the images are from based on three options. […]

1 year ago

It ran for four seasons and starred an Oscar winner A psychological thriller with a near perfect Rotten Tomatoes score has been described by some as ‘even better than Breaking Bad.’ That show is Mr. Robot, which ran for four seasons between 2015 and 2019 and focuses on Elliot Alderson (Oscar-winner Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody), a […]

1 year ago

Two particular cameos in Deadpool & Wolverine are guaranteed to have superhero fans losing their minds. Probably the most anticipated blockbuster of the year, Deadpool & Wolverine has finally landed in cinemas and you can check out JOE’s spoiler-free review of the movie right here. We promised not to reveal any of the film’s many […]

1 year ago

For those wondering if you should stay around for the superhero blockbuster’s credits, here is all you need to know. Probably the most anticipated blockbuster of the year, Deadpool & Wolverine has finally landed in cinemas and you can check out JOE’s spoiler-free review of the movie right here. As well as this, you can […]

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While it has its flaws, this is easily the most must-see MCU project in a long time. The journey of Wade Wilson aka Deadpool on the big screen has been fascinating. Ryan Reynolds first appeared as a bastardised and much-criticised version of the character in Hugh Jackman’s much-forgotten first solo superhero movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine. […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It definitely has one of the best soundtracks of the 21st century too. Inside Llewyn Davis, one of the best movies of the 21st century, has been added to Prime Video. The 2013 film follows a week in the […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the third entry in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we’re doing something a little different. Instead of 20 traditional questions, we are presenting players with stills from 15 movies. They then have to select what film the images are from based on […]

1 year ago

The show boasts an Oscar-winner in the lead role. The first two episodes of Lady in the Lake, a new seven-part thriller drama mystery starring Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan), are streaming on Apple TV+ now. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Laura Lippman and directed in its entirety by Alma […]

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Holding an 87% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was only in cinemas a few months ago but has already come to streaming. The Beast, an epic sci-fi movie from acclaimed French director Bertrand Bonello (Nocturama), is now streaming at home in the UK just weeks after its cinema release. Available to watch on the […]

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Also featuring strong Western elements, the film comes from the director of the classics 48 Hrs. and The Warriors. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 20 July) is Extreme Prejudice, an ’80s action thriller with strong Western elements. It centres around two childhood friends, one of which has grown up to be a Texas […]

1 year ago

It is landing on the streaming giant very soon. A new edition of Godzilla Minus One, the beloved 2023 monster movie that picked up an Oscar earlier this year, is coming to Netflix very soon. Titled Godzilla Minus One / Minus Color, it is described as a “meticulously decolorised version” of the Japanese runaway blockbuster. […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘For a modern sensibility, not a good thing to do.’ Prime Video’s very entertaining Ancient Rome-set historical epic series Those About to Die is now available to stream in its entirety. Directed by Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, […]

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We’d argue there has never been a more clever idea for a Western movie. Title – The Quick and the Dead Year – 1995 Plot – “A female gunfighter (Sharon Stone) returns to a frontier town where a duelling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father’s death.” Cast […]

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We’d advise seeing this on the largest screen possible. The 1996 movie Twister has aged like a fine wine. A special effects extravaganza about storm chasers researching tornadoes, it was seemingly developed as a way to try to replicate the success of Jurassic Park. It was co-written by Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton and executively […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. It was a big hit at the box-office and with the Oscars. Prime Video has just added Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 Western film masterpiece, to its streaming service. Set two years before the US Civil War, Jamie Foxx […]

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It’s a truly haunting start to a brilliantly creepy film. We here at JOE we’re raving about the new movie Longlegs last week, writing in our review that it was the first 5/5 horror or thriller film of 2024. And now that it has landed in cinemas, where it has become a massive box office […]

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It’s an absolute modern classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 17 July) is Top Gun: Maverick, the over $1 billion grossing Oscar-winner released in 2022. A sequel to the 1986 action classic Top Gun, Tom Cruise reprises his role as the daredevil naval aviator Pete ‘Maverick’ Mitchell. Having fallen out with his bosses […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the second entry in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. Each week, we will prepare 20 questions designed to test movie lovers. And making matters slightly harder – players only have five minutes to fill out the answers. Have what it takes? Play below and […]

1 year ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the first in a new series of quizzes – The JOE Film Club Quiz. Each week, we will prepare 20 questions designed to test movie lovers. And making matters slightly harder – players only have five minutes to fill out the answers. Have what it takes? Play below and find […]

1 year ago

This darkly entertaining gem was released in 2018. Netflix has just added Greta, the tense 2018 psychological thriller movie from director Neil Jordan (The Crying Game, Michael Collins), to its service. The film stars Chloë Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass) as Frances, a young woman living in New York with her friend and roommate (Maika Monroe, Longlegs) […]

1 year ago

This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The connections between the two projects run much deeper than both just being set in Ancient Rome. With the release of the trailer for Gladiator II and the release of Prime Video’s new historical epic series Those About to […]

1 year ago

EXCLUSIVE: The director of the disaster movie classic Roland Emmerich told JOE of his plans for what sounds like a spiritual sequel. The Day After Tomorrow, the blockbuster movie in which climate change brings about a new ice age, just turned 20 years old a couple of weeks ago. That said, some sort of sequel […]

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It’s from the director of Die Hard and Predator. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 16 July) is The Thomas Crown Affair, the 1999 classic heist film starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. A remake of a ’60s movie, which starred Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway, the reimagining sees Brosnan play the titular bored […]

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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‘s new crime drama The Jetty is a must-watch for fans of Happy Valley. Instead of Happy Valley’s Yorkshire setting, The Jetty takes place in an “eerie lakeside town” in Lancashire […]

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It is definitely one of Bruce Willis’ most underrated movies. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Lucky Number Slevin, the 2006 neo-noir crime thriller movie with a truly all-star cast, is now streaming on Prime Video. Directed by Paul McGuigan (Gangster No. 1, Sherlock), the […]

1 year ago

There is so much newly available to watch. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Another week, another batch of new movie and TV show additions to the big streaming services. Here’s the films and series you can check out now. Movies The Batman (Prime Video) […]

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It’s a must for fans of silly but hysterical comedies like Hot Rod and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. For those on the hunt for a funny new comedy movie, we’d recommend Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain which is now streaming via Sky Cinema and NOW Cinema. As you can probably guess […]

1 year ago

A recent poll saw the film voted the ‘fourth best war movie of all time’. This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Prime Video has just added Black Hawk Down, which was recently named one of the greatest war films of all time. Directed by Ridley […]

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The sadly underseen gem has an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 12 July) is Last Passenger, an extremely tense 2013 British thriller. It 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 from […]

1 year ago

“The heavyweight tear-jerker of the year.” This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Prime Video has just added The Iron Claw, the brilliant sports drama that landed in cinemas last February and is based on a shocking true story. Written and directed by Sean Durkin (Martha […]

1 year ago

“It was one of the most notorious and horrific killings the country has ever witnessed.” This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. A new documentary about Charlotte and Linda Mulhall – dubbed the ‘Scissor Sisters’ by Irish media – and their killing of Farah Swaleh Noor […]

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The original was a massive hit for Netflix. The Platform, one of Netflix’s best and biggest original thrillers ever, is getting a sequel set for a release later this year. Hailing from Spain, the 2019 movie tells the story of a man named Goreng (Iván Massagué) who one day wakes up in a tower-style holding […]

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The film is from the director of Man on Fire, Top Gun and True Romance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 11 July) is Beverly Hills Cop II, the second entry in the classic action comedy franchise which was directed by the great Tony Scott (Man on Fire, Top Gun, True Romance). The plot […]

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If you’re looking for a short film to check out this weekday, the heist flick is a breezy 88-minutes-long. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 10 July) is Armored, a 2009 heist action thriller starring Matt Dillon (Crash), Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional) and Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix). The film revolves around Ty (Columbus […]

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The show has also been handed a release date as fans have been complaining about the wait for season two. The second season of Apple TV+ sci-fi thriller series Severance has gotten its first teaser trailer and a release date. This is as fans have taken to social media to complain about how long they […]

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The Western was itself a remake. A Fistful of Dollars, the first entry in Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood’s iconic Dollars Trilogy of movies, is getting a remake. Directed by Leone and starring Eastwood in his first lead role, the 1964 Western sees the latter play a wandering gunfighter who arrives in a Mexican village […]

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It has a sequel coming out in October, so now is a perfect time to catch up with the film. Smile, the 2022 acclaimed smash-hit horror movie, has finally been added to Netflix. Written and directed by Parker Finn, based off an earlier short he made, the film revolves around a doctor named Rose (a […]

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