Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 32nd entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Superbad Scott Pilgrim vs. […]

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It’s from the director of The Hand That Rocks the Cradle and L.A. Confidential. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 6 February) is The River Wild, the 1994 star-studded action thriller. The film centres around a young family (led by Meryl Streep and David Strathairn) whose white-water rafting holiday is endangered when they are […]

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Despite its 18 rating, the film looks to be finding an audience on streaming. Infinity Pool, a recent sci-fi horror thriller that stirred some controversy upon release, has recently been added to Netflix and is climbing up the streaming charts. The 2023 film stars Alexander Skarsgård (Succession) and Cleopatra Coleman (Cobweb) as James and Em, […]

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It was the breakthrough movie for three people who would become cinematic legends. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 5 February) is Mean Streets, the 1973 crime drama co-written and directed by Martin Scorsese (The Departed, Goodfellas and Taxi Driver). Set in the Little Italy neighbourhood of New York City, the film centres around […]

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Great news for fans of Fool Me Once, Missing You and The Stranger. Fresh off the back of streaming hit Missing You last month, Netflix has re-teamed with best-selling author Harlan Coben on another TV adaptation coming out very soon. Titled Caught (Atrapados), the six-part limited series is set in Argentina and is based on […]

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The Netflix drama stars Michael Keaton and comes from the writer of Pam & Tommy. Netflix have added The Founder, the acclaimed biographical drama about the creation of the McDonald’s restaurant chain, to its UK library. Written by Robert Siegel (Pam & Tommy, The Wrestler) and directed by John Lee Hancock (The Blind Side, Saving Mr. […]

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If you like Black Mirror, this is a must-watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 3 February) is Await Further Instructions, an extremely tense sci-fi horror thriller from 2018. The film revolves around an already strained Christmas family gathering that gets even more stressful when the clan finds themselves trapped inside their house by […]

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Holding an 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film stars four Oscar nominees. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 2 February) is The Sisters Brothers, the 2018 Western based on the beloved novel of the same name by Patrick deWitt. The film stars Oscar-winner Joaquin Phoenix (Joker) and Oscar-nominee John C. Reilly (Chicago) as the […]

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The show hails from the writer of Hell or High Water and Sicario. The first four seasons of the massively popular Western series Yellowstone have just been added to Netflix. Co-created by Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water, Sicario, Wind River), Oscar-winner Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves) stars as John Dutton – the patriarch of […]

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The first two seasons of the timely thriller series hold a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Capture – one of the best thriller shows in recent years – has just been added to Netflix. Created by Ben Chanan, the series launched in 2019 on the BBC and revolves around an ambitious young detective Rachel Carey […]

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The film has a near-perfect 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes. The best Western movie of 2024, The Last Stop in Yuma County, is finally available to watch at home. Streaming via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema, the neo-Western noir stars Jim Cummings (Thunder Road) as a travelling knife salesman in the ’70s who stops off […]

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It hails from the director of the Ocean’s Trilogy. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 1 February) is Haywire, the excellent 2011 action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (the Ocean’s Trilogy, the currently in cinemas Presence). The film stars former MMA artist Gina Carano as Mallory Kane, a highly trained operative for a government […]

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The first two seasons of the timely thriller series hold a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Capture – one of the best thriller shows in recent years – has just been added to Netflix. Created by Ben Chanan, the series launched in 2019 on the BBC and revolves around an ambitious young detective named Rachel […]

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The Oscar-winner spoke to JOE about her badass lead role in a new sci-fi. Star Trek: Section 31, a new movie in the legendary sci-fi franchise, is available to stream now. The film sees recent Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) reprising her role from Star Trek: Discovery as anti-hero and fan favourite […]

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The film comes from the director of Man on Fire and True Romance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 30 January) is The Fan, the 1996 sports-focused psychological thriller. The film tells the story of a star baseball player (Wesley Snipes, Blade) who becomes the unhealthy focus of a down-on-his-luck salesman (two-time Oscar-winner Robert […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 31st entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie True Romance Reservoir Dogs […]

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Its star won a Golden Globe for her performance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 29 January) is Happy-Go-Lucky, the Oscar-nominated 2008 comedy-drama. Hailing from acclaimed writer-director Mike Leigh – whose terrific new film Hard Truths is in cinemas now – his 2008 movie stars Sally Hawkins in a Golden Globe-winning, breakthrough performance. The […]

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This had been on our watchlist for a while and it more than delivered. Humane, an excellent new sci-fi horror thriller from debut director Caitlin Cronenberg, is streaming on Paramount+ right now. The film is set in the near future where a global ecological collapse has forced world leaders to take extreme measures to reduce […]

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The film was produced by J.J. Abrams and holds an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 28 January) 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 […]

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We’d advise watching this quickly before its jaw-dropping reveals are spoiled for you. Disney+ has just added Paradise to its service, an addictive new thriller series that is sure to get people talking. The show stars Oscar-nominee Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) as Xavier Collins, a Secret Service Agent assigned to work in a serene […]

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‘I say that with admiration,’ he added. Longlegs was without a doubt one of last year’s biggest cinema success stories. Made on a moderately low budget of $10 million by writer-director Osgood Perkins – a cult figure in movie circles known for making niche, eerily nightmarish, slow-burn horrors – the film far exceeded expectations. Not […]

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Imagine True Detective crossed with Looper. There are two particular types of movies that genre lovers can’t get enough of. One is the type of thriller where world-weary detectives must investigate a decades-spanning series of murders – with examples including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Longlegs, Memories of Murder, Mindhunter, Prisoners, True Detective and […]

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Banned in Ireland for a time, Martin Scorsese once called it one of the best films of the ’90s. Our TV movie pick for tonight is Bad Lieutenant, the extremely dark 1992 crime drama starring Oscar-nominee Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs). The actor plays the unnamed title character, a corrupt New York cop addicted to drugs […]

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It’s from the director of Training Day and the creator of True Detective. The Magnificent Seven, the 2016 remake of the 1960 Western classic of the same name (which itself was a remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai), is streaming on Prime Video now. The film focuses on seven gunmen (including Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, […]

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The film holds an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 25 January) is Official Secrets, the 2019 biographical political thriller starring Keira Knightley. In the film, the Black Doves actress plays real-life British woman Katharine Gun who worked as a translator for the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) before becoming an […]

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In an interview with JOE, its Oscar-winning star explained how the idea to make the film came from her. Star Trek: Section 31, the latest movie in the legendary Star Trek franchise, is available to stream now on Paramount+. A stand-alone spin-off to the series Star Trek: Discovery, the film stars Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh (Everything […]

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The LA Confidential and Memento earned his first Oscar nomination this week. Guy Pearce has established himself as one of the most reliably great actors of the past few decades. This is thanks to his work in movies and shows like Animal Kingdom, Brimstone, The Hurt Locker, The King’s Speech, LA Confidential, Mare of Kingstown, […]

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The reviews for season two are even better than season one. Season 2 of The Night Agent, which was Netflix’s most-watched series of 2023, is streaming now on the service. The action thriller show revolves around Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso, Hillbilly Elegy), a low-level FBI agent who works in the basement of the White House […]

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The film stars two Oscar winners. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 23 January) is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the legendary 1969 Western. The buddy film revolves around Butch Cassidy (Oscar-winner Paul Newman) and the Sundance Kid (Oscar-winner Robert Redford), a pair of outlaws living in 1890s Wyoming as the West becomes […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 30th entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Once Upon a Time […]

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In a new interview with JOE, Michelle Yeoh talked about James Bond and working with Cillian Murphy. Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh is the star of Star Trek: Section 31, a new Star Trek movie coming to Paramount+ this week. A spin-off to the TV series Star Trek: Discovery, the film sees Yeoh reprising her role as […]

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The thriller series is available to stream now. Apple TV+ has just added Prime Target to its service, a new thriller series with rising star Leo Woodall (One Day, The White Lotus). In the eight-episode show, the actor plays Edward Brooks, a brilliant young math postgraduate who is on the verge of a major breakthrough. […]

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The film comes from an Oscar nominee. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 22 January) is The Innocents, the 2021 thriller from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Eskil Vogt (co-writer of The Worst Person in the World). A Norwegian film, the story revolves around four children who become friends during the summer holidays and discover, out of […]

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We could see this becoming a bit of a cult classic in years to come. Lisa Frankenstein, one of 2024’s most underrated movies, is now available to stream via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema. From Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody (Juno), the romantic comedy horror is set in the ’80s and centres around Lisa (scream queen […]

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There has been a renewed interest in the film in recent weeks. Inside Llewyn Davis, one of the best movies of the 21st century, has just been re-added to Prime Video. The 2013 film follows a week in the life of Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac in his breakthrough role), a folk singer who struggles to […]

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‘I’m your huckleberry.’ Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 21 January) is Tombstone, the legendary 1993 Western starring Kurt Russell (Bone Tomahawk) and Val Kilmer (Top Gun). The film sees Wyatt Earp (Russell) and his brothers, Morgan and Virgil (Bill Paxton and Sam Elliott), leave their gunslinger ways behind them to settle down and […]

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The tough-as-nails neo-noir is based on an Ernest Hemingway story. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 20 January) is The Killers, the classic ’60s neo-noir crime thriller. Based on the short story of the same name by Ernest Hemingway (which was also previously adapted to great effect in 1946), the film follows two hitmen […]

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Holding a 96% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film makes for an unforgettable watch. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Sunday, 19 January) is Custody, the extremely tense thriller drama from 2017. A French film, it stars Denis Ménochet (Beau is Afraid, Inglourious Basterds) and Léa Drucker (The Bureau, War of the Worlds) as a married couple […]

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Boasting a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film also features one of the best lead performances in recent memory. Netflix has just added the brilliant 2022 psychological horror movie Pearl to its service. The film centres around the title character (played by co-writer Mia Goth), a young woman living in Texas in 1918 who dreams […]

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The period crime thriller is set to star two major actors. One of JOE’s most-anticipated upcoming movies is The Bookie & the Bruiser, a crime thriller from novelist turned filmmaker S. Craig Zahler (Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99). Announced last May, the film was reported by Variety to be starring Oscar-winner Adrien Brody […]

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The filmmaker spoke to JOE about the epic which won three Golden Globes last week and is earning comparisons to The Godfather. The Brutalist, one of this year’s major Oscar contenders, had a rocky road to get to the big screen. Co-written and directed by Brady Corbet (Vox Lux), the 215-minute-long drama epic revolves around […]

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If you love music, this is a must-watch. In recent years, there has been an overwhelming amount of musical biopics made – with the following artists all getting a movie about them: Amy Winehouse, Aretha Franklin, Billie Holliday, Bob Marley, David Bowie, Elton John, Elvis, Judy Garland, Kneecap, Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas, Robbie Williams, Queen […]

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The film was written by the creator of Peaky Blinders. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 18 January) is Eastern Promises, the brilliant 2007 crime thriller from director David Cronenberg (A History of Violence) and writer Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) The film stars Naomi Watts as a midwife at a London hospital who discovers […]

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The action film has earned particular praise for its imaginative vision of the future. The Creator, one of the best sci-fi movies of the decade so far, has just been added to Prime Video. From director Gareth Edwards (2014’s Godzilla, Rogue One), the 2023 film takes place in a near future when a nuclear warhead […]

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It also features one of the best villain performances of all time. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 17 January) is Sexy Beast, the legendary 2000 crime thriller from director Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin, The Zone of Interest). The filmmaker’s feature debut, it centres around a British ex-criminal named Gal Dove (Ray Winstone) […]

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Fans had been complaining about the wait for season two. The second season of Apple TV+’s brilliant sci-fi thriller series Severance is finally available to stream after a nearly three-year wait. Hailing from director Ben Stiller and creator Dan Erickson, the first season premiered all the way back in February 2022 and, before concluding its […]

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It’s also partly a war film and a dystopian thriller. Prime Video has added Civil War to its service, one of 2024’s best action flicks and maybe one of the year’s best movies, period. The project comes from filmmaker Alex Garland – whose impressive CV as a writer and/or director also includes 28 Days Later, […]

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It’s a must-watch for fans of Line of Duty. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 16 January) is Q&A, the brilliant if underseen 1990 crime thriller from legendary writer-director Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon, Network, The Verdict). The film sees a veteran, corrupt NYPD cop Captain Michael Brennan (Nick Nolte, Cape Fear) execute a […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 29th entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select what film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Le Mans '66 Ferrari […]

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Breaking news. A Gaza ceasefire agreement between the Israeli government and Hamas has been reached, according to multiple reports. Details regarding the proposed agreement are still emerging, but multiple outlets have stated that sources on both sides of the conflict have confirmed the news. It is said that the deal secures the release of hostages […]

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