The 2024 flick beat out some horror heavyweights to make the list. An excellent new Irish movie has been dubbed one of the scariest films of all time, according to science. Released in cinemas in August of this year, the horror thriller is titled Oddity and hails from writer-director Damien Mc Carthy (Caveat). The plot […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. This is one of those cases where you should believe the hype. Kneecap, one of the best movies of 2024, has finally been given a streaming release date. Coming to Prime Video on 15 November, the Sundance award-winning film […]

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While the airport says it’s just ‘a bit of fun’, the rule has caused quite a stir. An airport in New Zealand has caused quite a stir for introducing a three-minute time limit on goodbye hugs. Dunedin Airport has brought in the limit at its drop-off location to combat people lingering around leaving no space […]

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It holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 22 October) is Locke, the 2013 film starring Tom Hardy which was written and directed by Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight. In the thriller drama, the actor plays Ivan Locke, a family man and successful construction manager whose life begins […]

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It would be the first time the pair have worked together. Tom Holland is in talks to co-star in legendary filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s mysterious next movie alongside Matt Damon, according to reports. Earlier this month, it was reportedly revealed that there are plans for Nolan’s follow-up to smash hit and Oscar Best Picture winner Oppenheimer […]

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It’s already one of 2024’s most-talked about shows. Disney+ has just added Rivals, a new TV series that has quickly become one of 2024’s most talked about shows. Based on the 1988 novel of the same name by Jilly Cooper, the series is set in ’80s Britain and “dives headfirst into the cutthroat world of […]

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It was the first Western directed by a legend of the genre. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 19 October) is High Plains Drifter, the classic 1973 Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. In the film, Eastwood plays a gunslinging drifter with no name who wanders into the small Old West town of […]

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A perfect pre-Halloween watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 18 October) is The Awakening, a brilliant supernatural drama from 2011 starring Rebecca Hall (The Night House). Directed by Nick Murphy (who also made the excellent 2012 crime drama Blood), the film is set in post-World War I England and sees the actress play […]

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Here’s JOE’s verdict on the controversial film. The idea of Donald Trump biographical drama The Apprentice arriving in 2024 is a tricky thing for American audiences. Those who are pro-Trump don’t want to see a film featuring anything negative about the businessman turned politician, while those anti-Trump probably do not want to witness a nuanced […]

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Streaming on Netflix right now, the movie has a very impressive 92% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just added Woman of the Hour, an acclaimed new crime thriller movie based on the life of serial killer Rodney Alcala. Focusing on almost unbelievable true events, the film tells the story of how Alcala (played by Daniel […]

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While it did not fare well at the box-office, the controversial 2023 film should find a bigger audience through streaming. It’s rare for a mainstream movie to get that blood red 18s rating from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) but the epic black comedy-drama Babylon managed to do it when it was released in […]

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Hailing from the writer-director of The Football Factory, it’s a very NSFW teaser. A very extreme first trailer has hit the web for Marching Powder, a new sports comedy-drama movie from actor Danny Dyer and writer-director Nick Love – who both worked together on the cult classic The Football Factory. Set in the “irreverent and […]

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Also currently streaming on Prime Video, it’s a truly unforgettable film. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 17 October) is Kill List, the utterly terrifying 2011 British thriller from co-writer and director Ben Wheatley (Down Terrace, Free Fire, High-Rise). The film centres around a solider-turned hitman named Jay (Neil Maskell, Hijack) still reeling from […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 16th 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 Talladega Nights: The […]

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Holding an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, one critic dubbed it as being ‘as violent as the Coens, as vérité as Ken Loach’. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 16 October) is Down Terrace, the debut film from acclaimed co-writer and director Ben Wheatley (Free Fire, High-Rise, Kill List). The darkly comic crime thriller revolves […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Two of the actresses involved have given advice on how to approach the projects going head-to-head. Next month will see the release of two major Irish TV shows in close proximity to each other, events we are already dubbing ‘the Irish Barbenheimer’. The second season of comedy thriller Bad Sisters will be premiering on […]

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The show premiered just last April. Netflix has added The Cuckoo, the hit Channel 5 series that premiered just last April. The show centres around a financially strained couple named Nick (Lee Ingleby, Line of Duty) and Jessica (Claire Goose, Unforgotten) who take in mysterious lodger, Sian (Jill Halfpenny, Liar), who soon charms the whole […]

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It holds a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Assault on Precinct 13, the 1976 indie action thriller classic from legendary writer-director John Carpenter (Escape from New York, Halloween, The Thing). The film centres around a group of cops, criminals and secretaries who must defend a soon-to-be-closed Los Angeles police […]

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It features one of Hollywood’s most popular rising stars in the lead role. A new “darkly addictive” thriller series with a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score is streaming right now in its entirety. Available to watch through NOW and Sky, the show is titled Sweetpea and is produced by and stars Ella Purnell (star of […]

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Several Oscar-winners are involved in the thriller miniseries both on-screen and off. A new mystery thriller miniseries available to stream now is being hailed by several critics as “the best show of the year”. Produced by Apple TV+, the series is titled Disclaimer and stars two-time Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett (Tár) as a famous documentarian and […]

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The modern classic has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. A common and valid complaint about mainstream US cinema today is that there are too many sequels, remakes and reboots. While this may be the case in terms of hugely budgeted tentpole releases by big studios, we’d argue that there are plenty of entertaining yet […]

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The film earned rave reviews upon its release in 2021. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 10 October) is The Novice, the acclaimed 2021 psychological sports thriller. The film follows Alex (played by Isabelle Fuhrman, Orphan), a college freshman who joins her university’s rowing team and becomes obsessed with being the squad’s best rower, […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 15th 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 Pulp Fiction Reservoir […]

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This article contains affiliate links, we may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Holding an 88% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film was a word-of-mouth hit earlier in the year. Prime Video has just added Challengers, one of 2024’s buzziest and best-reviewed movies. Directed by Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash, Call Me By […]

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Holding a 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, the director of this sadly underseen thriller was recently in the news. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 9 October) 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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It looks like the film will see him reuniting with a major Hollywood star. The first details about writer-director Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to smash hit and Oscar Best Picture winner Oppenheimer have reportedly been revealed. According to multiple outlets, there are plans for the legendary filmmaker’s movie – whose title is unknown as-of-yet – to […]

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The show boasted a star-studded cast. Netflix has cancelled Kaos, its darkly comic fantasy epic series, after only one season. The show was released just a few weeks ago on 29 August and was created by Charlie Covell, who wrote The End of the F***ing World. Taking place in a version of the modern world […]

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It is noteworthy for being the first sequel of its lead actor’s career. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 8 October) is The Equalizer 2, the excellent second entry in Denzel Washington’s beloved Equalizer trilogy of action films. The sequel sees retired US Marine and DIA agent Robert McCall (two-time Oscar-winner Washington) trying to […]

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Shortly after earning raves at its Sundance Film Festival world premiere, the film was bought by Netflix for a whopping $17 million. Netflix has just added It’s What’s Inside, one of 2024’s buzziest and best-reviewed sci-fi thriller movies. Written and directed by Greg Jardin in his feature film debut, the movie revolves around a pre-wedding […]

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The series is based on a dark real-life police investigation. An acclaimed true crime drama series from 2019 is climbing up the Netflix charts having been recently added to the streaming service. That show is titled A Confession, which originally aired on ITV and details the true story of Detective Superintendent Stephen Fulcher (played by […]

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The show has already been renewed for a third season. A post-apocalyptic series that has earned strong comparisons to The Last of Us is now back for its second season. Available to watch via NOW Entertainment and Sky Max, that show is The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, a spin-off of the hit zombie drama series […]

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The darkly comic thriller has a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 5 October) is Go, the 1999 crime comedy thriller directed by Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow, the new Road House). Comprising of three different interconnected stories, the film begins with two young women (Katie Holmes […]

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We’d argue that the film is not quite a folie à dud. When Joker: Folie à Deux was announced, no one really knew what to expect. After all, the original didn’t seem like the most mainstream proposition ahead of its release – a super grounded and dramatic retelling of a Batman villain’s origin story without […]

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The film seems unavailable to stream or rent anywhere so now is the chance to watch it. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 3 October) is the 1967 British sci-fi horror thriller Quatermass and the Pit. Also known as Five Million Years to Earth in some territories, it is the third film entry in […]

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While the Garvey sisters will be back on screens next month, this new darkly comic mystery should fill the void until their return. Fans of the Irish hit series Bad Sisters will have to wait until 13 November next month for its second season. That said, its streaming service, Apple TV+, has just added a […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 14th 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 Iron Man 2 […]

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Banned in the UK on home video for a time, Martin Scorsese once called it one of the best films of the ’90s. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 2 October) is Bad Lieutenant, the extremely dark 1992 crime drama starring Oscar-nominee Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs). The actor plays the unnamed title character, a […]

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A major horror thriller star has already signed on to star in the remake. The hit ’90s psychological thriller movie The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is reportedly set to get a reboot starring Maika Monroe (It Follows, Longlegs, Watcher). The original was released in 1992 and starred Annabella Sciorra as Claire Bartel – a […]

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Here’s everything you need to know about the three-time Oscar-winner’s new movie. Daniel Day-Lewis has officially come out of retirement after claiming that 2017’s Phantom Thread would be his final movie. On Tuesday (1 October), photos were published of Day-Lewis sporting a handlebar moustache and riding on a motorbike with Sean Bean (Game of Thrones) […]

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It’s officially horror movie season after all, so let us be your streaming guide. It is now October – or as it’s known to movie lovers: horror movie season. And to make it easier for our readers to know what to check out, we’ve compiled a list of – in our opinion – the best […]

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The show comes from the creator of American Horror Story and Netflix’s Monster anthology. Grotesquerie, a new horror thriller mystery series from prolific TV creator Ryan Murphy (American Horror Story, Monster, The Watcher), is streaming on Disney+ now. The series revolves around a hard-bitten alcoholic detective named Lois Tyson (Niecy Nash, Dahmer – Monster) who […]

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A true undiscovered gem. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 1 October) is Boss Level, the 2020 sci-fi action flick co-written and directed by Joe Carnahan (Copshop, Narc, The Grey). In the vein of stories like Groundhog Day and Edge of Tomorrow, Copshop’s Frank Grillo plays a former special forces agent named Roy Pulver […]

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EXCLUSIVE: Its star says he would love to do a second season, saying he hopes for it ‘more than anything’. We here at JOE were big fans of Apple TV+’s 2024 mystery thriller series Sugar starring Colin Farrell. And though the show has not yet been renewed by the streaming giant for season two, its […]

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‘I was totally submerged to the point where I’d look in the mirror and what was looking back was nothing recognisable.’ Colin Farrell is no stranger to transforming how he looks for acting roles as evident from Daredevil, The Gentlemen, Horrible Bosses and The Lobster. That said, Oz Cobb – his character in 2022 blockbuster […]

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The buddy flick features two Oscar-winners in the lead roles. Wolfs, the new action comedy thriller movie starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney, is finally available to watch now. Streaming on Apple TV+, the film sees Clooney play a Harvey Keitel in Pulp Fiction-esque professional fixer hired to cover up a high-profile crime. “But when […]

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The new film comes 56 years after the Oscar-winning original. Apartment 7A, the prequel to one of the greatest horror movies of all time Rosemary’s Baby, is now available to watch at home via Paramount+. Based on Ira Levin’s novel of the same name, the 1968 original starred Mia Farrow and John Cassavetes as a […]

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Move over, Longlegs. A new Irish movie that has been dubbed “the scariest film of the year hands down” is now available to watch at home. Streaming on Shudder from today (Friday, 27 September), that horror thriller is titled Oddity and hails from Cork based writer-director Damien Mc Carthy, whose debut feature Caveat creeped us […]

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This 2022 Irish found-footage flick is one of the coolest films of recent years. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 27 September) is LOLA, the 2022 Irish-British found-footage sci-fi flick. Co-written and directed by Andrew Legge in his feature debut and boasting a soundtrack by The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon, the film revolves around […]

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The Oscar-nominee spoke to JOE about his excellent Batman spin-off series and the much-publicised prosthetic he sported for a key scene in the show. Colin Farrell is earning rave reviews for his completely transformational central turn in the new Batman spin-off series The Penguin. That said, the Irish Oscar-nominee’s reveal about a key scene in […]

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Holding a 91% Rotten Tomatoes score, this Misery-inspired movie is well worth seeking out. There’s an old adage that all you need to make an entertaining movie on a low budget is a great idea and there is no better proof of that then the 2014 horror thriller Creep, streaming on Netflix. Built around an […]

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