The film is also one of the best remakes of recent years. In 2022, an unforgettable Danish thriller named Speak No Evil was released. Comparable to Funny Games and Oldboy, it is the type of dark and twisted movie made outside of Hollywood that leaves a permanent mark on the psyche of those who watch […]

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Making for excellent viewing ahead of Halloween, fans have been urged to ignore the RT score in this case. Netflix has just added Cobweb, the supremely creepy 2023 movie starring Antony Starr (The Boys) and Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield). The directorial debut of Samuel Bodin (who created the very scary Netflix series Marianne), Caplan and Starr […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Based on true events, the crowd-pleaser of a film is a must-watch for fans of The Big Short. Dumb Money, the very fun 2023 biographical comedy drama movie, has just been added to Prime Video. Directed by Craig Gillespie […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Streaming on Prime Video now in its entirety, the show is based on a trilogy of novels by a very famous author. The acclaimed crime thriller series Mr. Mercedes, which is based on a trilogy of novels by legendary […]

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The film is a remake of an absolute classic. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 11 September) is the 2005 remake of legendary ’70s action thriller Assault on Precinct 13. The remake centres around a Detroit cop named Jake Roenick (Ethan Hawke) who is haunted by a failed sting operation in his past which […]

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The crime thriller was one of the main influences on the 2011 modern classic Drive. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 10 September) is The Driver, the 1978 neo-noir crime thriller from writer-director Walter Hill (48 Hrs, The Warriors). It centres on a driver (played in an ice-cool performance by the late Ryan O’Neal […]

2 years ago

The extremely stressful TV series’ new season is earning comparisons to Succession. JOE recently called Apple TV+ spy thriller Slow Horses “the best show on TV” but, for our money, the second best is the nerve-racking financial drama Industry. Airing on HBO in the US and the BBC in the UK, the series follows a […]

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The sequel was only confirmed a few weeks ago. Netflix has just added The Day After Tomorrow, the 2004 classic disaster movie which is set to get a sequel 20 years later. Co-written and directed by Roland Emmerich, the blockbuster flick sees climate change on Earth bring about a new ice age. “After climatologist Jack […]

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The sadly slept-on movie deserves to find a much bigger audience. Netflix has just added Watcher, the incredible 2022 thriller movie starring scream queen Maika Monroe (The Guest, It Follows, Longlegs). The feature debut of writer-director Chloe Okuno, Monroe in the film plays a young actress named Julia who moves from America to Bucharest in […]

2 years ago

It stars one of the leads of Kin and Love/Hate. Barber, one of the best reviewed Irish crime thriller movies of recent years, is now available to watch at home. Streaming via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema, the film stars Aidan Gillen (Love/Hate, Kin) as Val Barber – a private investigator in modern-day Dublin hired […]

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The film comes from an Oscar-winning director. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 7 September) is U Turn, the star-studded 1997 neo-noir crime thriller film. Directed by Oscar-winner Oliver Stone (JFK, Platoon), it sees another Oscar winner Sean Penn play Bobby Cooper, a drifter in debt to a violent gangster whose car breaks down […]

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The movie is earning comparisons to the original Rambo. New Netflix original action thriller movie Rebel Ridge has just landed on the streaming service and currently holds a near-perfect 98% Rotten Tomatoes score. Written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier (the incredible thrillers Blue Ruin and Green Room), the film centres around Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre, […]

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The film gave a future Oscar nominee and A-list star her first leading role. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 6 September) is Lady Macbeth, the extremely dark and twisty 2016 thriller that saw future Oscar nominee Florence Pugh get her first leading role. Set in rural England in 1865, Pugh plays Katherine, a […]

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The show comes from the director of The Night Manager and The Undoing. Netflix has just added The Perfect Couple, a very fun new mystery series starring Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman. In the Netflix original show, based on the novel of the same name by Elin Hilderbrand, Kidman plays Greer Garrison Winbury – a famous […]

2 years ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the tenth entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 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 movie Fight Club American […]

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Featuring a great cast, the film has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 5 September) is Looper, the 2012 sci-fi action thriller from writer-director Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Poker Face). The film is set in a near-future where time-travel exists but it is only available to those with the […]

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Holding an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was not a big box office hit but is finding an audience on streaming. A tense biographical political thriller now on Netflix was one of the most streamed movies in the UK over the past week, according to JustWatch. That film is 2019’s Official Secrets, which stars […]

2 years ago

The musical sequel to the two-time Oscar-winning blockbuster has split critics right down the middle. Joker: Folie à Deux has debuted to a 59% score on Rotten Tomatoes following its much anticipated premiere at the prestigious Venice Film Festival. The sequel to 2019’s two-time Oscar-winner Joker sees Joaquin Phoenix reprise his role as the Clown […]

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The movie features two Oscar-winners in the leading roles. Netflix has just added Mothers’ Instinct, a psychological thriller movie starring Oscar-winning actresses Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain which was only in cinemas a few months ago. Set in early ’60s suburban America, the pair play best friends and neighbours Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway) who […]

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Holding an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the movie was once praised highly by Stephen King. Netflix has just added The Autopsy of Jane Doe, a brilliant but sadly underseen thriller movie from 2016 starring Brian Cox (Succession). In the film, Cox plays Tommy Tilden, a small town coroner who – along with his son […]

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The 2000 film comes from the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 4 September) is Rules of Engagement, the 2000 war legal thriller directed by legendary filmmaker William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection, To Live and Die in LA). It stars Samuel L. Jackson as […]

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Holding a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score, the new season is the thriller’s darkest yet. The fourth season of Slow Horses – for our money, the best series currently on TV – has just premiered on Apple TV+. Based on novels by British writer Mick Herron, the darkly comic spy thriller series revolves around Slough […]

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Produced by J.J. Abrams, the film holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 3 September) 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 a group […]

2 years ago

It’s a must-watch for fans of the Alien franchise. Two of the major success stories of this summer’s cinema season have been Deadpool & Wolverine and Alien: Romulus – two blockbusters that earned very solid reviews and were big box-office hits. And if you saw those two movies in theatres and enjoyed them, there is a lesser-seen film from […]

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A Mindhunter fan can dream There is fresh hope that Netflix’s cult thriller drama series Mindhunter could return to screens. Based on the true crime book of the same name, the show first premiered on Netflix in 2017 and followed two detectives (Holt McCallany and Jonathan Groff) in the early days of criminal profiling as they look into the psychology […]

2 years ago

Reports are suggesting more dates are on the way Oasis are set to announce two more concert dates at Croke Park next summer, according to reports. This morning tickets went on sale for the 17-date tour that Oasis will play across the UK and Ireland in summer 2025. Liam and Noel Gallagher will perform live […]

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Start crying your heart out. Several Oasis fans have taken to social media to voice their confusion after being given the wrong pre-sale codes for tickets to the band’s much-anticipated reunion tour. Ever since the Gallagher brothers announced earlier this week they were getting back together for a string of UK and Ireland gigs next […]

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The film has been compared to The Italian Job and Ocean’s Eleven. Netflix has just added The Vault, a 2021 action thriller movie featuring a great ensemble cast. Directed by acclaimed Spanish genre filmmaker Jaume Balagueró (the Rec films, Sleep Tight), The Vault revolves around a young engineer named Thom (Freddie Highmore, The Good Doctor) […]

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The film is from the director of Con Air and the writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 30 August) is Wild Card, the 2015 underseen action thriller gem with a great cast led by Jason Statham (The Transporter). In the film, Statham plays Nick Wild – […]

2 years ago

This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. ‘This is fantasy at its absolute highest level.’ The second season of the Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has premiered on Prime Video and is earning rave reviews from critics. Reportedly the most expensive show ever […]

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Just when we thought we couldn’t get more excited about the Peaky Blinders film. Barry Keoghan has joined the cast of Netflix’s much-anticipated upcoming Peaky Blinders movie. After years of rumours, the streaming giant confirmed earlier this summer that a feature film continuing on the story of the hit BBC crime drama series had been […]

2 years ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the ninth entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 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 movie Donnie Darko Eraserhead […]

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This is one of those cases where you should believe the hype. To those not rigorously keeping up with all things movies and music, the new film Kneecap – focusing on the much-discussed Belfast-based hip-hop trio of the same name – may appear to be a documentary. In fact, it’s something way more fascinating and […]

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We would absolutely love to see this. Jack Black and Paul Rudd are in talks to star in a reboot of the 1997 action thriller horror movie Anaconda. The original focused around a filmmaker (played by Jennifer Lopez) and her crew (including Eric Stoltz, Ice Cube and Owen Wilson) travelling deep in the Amazon jungle […]

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Boasting a 93% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the Oscar-nominated film caused controversy upon release. To Leslie, the beautiful drama film that earned an Oscar nomination last year, is finally available to stream on Netflix. The U.S. indie movie stars Andrea Riseborough (Possessor) as Leslie, who begins the story a young single mother from West Texas […]

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Holding a 92% score on Rotten Tomatoes, we’d recommend going into this film as blind as possible. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 22 August) is Barbarian, the brilliant 2022 horror thriller from writer-director Zach Cregger (The Whitest Kids U’Know). The film begins with Tess (Georgina Campbell, Bird Box Barcelona) checking into an Airbnb […]

2 years ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the eighth entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 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 movie Shazam! Black Adam […]

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The show looks like a must-watch for fans of both genres. Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War, a new Western true crime docudrama series, has just been added to Netflix. Comprising of six episodes and narrated by legendary actor Ed Harris (Westworld), the doc focuses on Wyatt Earp – the real-life American lawman and gambler […]

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Boasting major talent both on-screen and off, the series is well-worth seeking out. Netflix has just added Babylon, the excellent if slightly forgotten black comedy/crime drama series from Danny Boyle (28 Days Later, Trainspotting) and Jesse Armstrong (Peep Show, Succession). Co-created by the pair alongside Robert Jones (The Usual Suspects) and Sam Bain (Peep Show), […]

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Holding a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was directed by a future Oscar-winner and inspired a TV reboot. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 21 August) is Snowpiercer, the incredible 2013 sci-fi action thriller from co-writer and director Bong Joon-ho – who won several Oscars for his work on Parasite. Based on a […]

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Released just over five years ago, we’re still confused as to why this wasn’t a bigger hit. Our movie pick for tonight is Bad Times at El Royale, the sadly underseen 2018 neo-noir crime thriller from writer-director Drew Godard (The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian). Set in 1969, the film centres around a group […]

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The film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just re-added The Power of the Dog, its Oscar-winning Western movie that was released back in 2021. Written and directed by two-time Oscar-winner Jane Campion (The Piano) and adapted from the novel of the same name by Thomas Savage, the revisionist Western is set in […]

2 years ago

Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the seventh 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 […]

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EXCLUSIVE: The iconic trilogy played a huge role in bringing one of cinema’s all-time great villains back to the big screen. Spoilers ahead. It’s been a wild time for cameos at the cinema between last month’s Deadpool & Wolverine and now Alien: Romulus. You can read our review of the latter at this link – […]

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Starring an Oscar-winner, the movie was filmed in Ireland. Arcadian, one of 2024’s best action thriller hidden gem movies, is finally available to watch at home via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema. Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage stars as a father named Paul who, along with his twin teenage sons Thomas (Jaeden Martell, IT) and Joseph (Maxwell […]

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Be warned though, this sadly underseen film with a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score is not for the faint-hearted. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 17 August) is Revenge, the incredible and sadly underseen 2017 action thriller. Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat in her feature debut, the film revolves around a young woman named […]

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The movie stars a beloved Oscar-winning actress. Viewers have taken to social media to rave about 2022 Irish comedy-drama movie Joyride starring Oscar-winner Olivia Colman (The Favourite). Written by Ailbhe Keogan (Bad Sisters) and directed by the acclaimed Emer Reynolds (The Farthest), the film revolves around a pre-teen boy in Kerry named Mully (Charlie Reid) […]

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Tapping into real world fears, the film earned solid reviews upon its 2022 release. Netflix has just added to its service Baby Ruby, a 2022 psychological horror thriller movie starring Noémie Merlant (Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Tár) and Kit Harrington (Game of Thrones, Industry). The film revolves around Jo (Merlant), a successful lifestyle […]

2 years ago

JOE chatted with the maker of the excellent new blockbuster about its deliciously twisted climax and how it was accomplished. Obvious spoilers ahead. It is no secret that we here at JOE were huge fans of Alien: Romulus, the latest entry in the legendary sci-fi horror franchise Alien. And one element in particular we loved […]

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Holding a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film stars a future Oscar-winner. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 16 August) is Moon, the incredible 2009 sci-fi starring future Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri). In the film, the actor plays Sam Bell, an astronaut in the future whose solo three-year work shift […]

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