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  • One of 2024’s tensest thriller movies is now available to stream at home

    One of 2024’s tensest thriller movies is now available to stream at home

    If you like Fatal Attraction, Pacific Heights or Single White Female, this thriller is for you. Speak No Evil, one of 2024’s tensest thriller movies, has been made available to watch at home via NOW and Sky Cinema. The film centres around a married American couple (Mackenzie Davis and Scoot McNairy) who, while vacationing with […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to remove a darkly gripping 2024 psychological thriller

    Netflix is about to remove a darkly gripping 2024 psychological thriller

    The movie features two Oscar winners in the lead roles. Netflix is about to remove Mothers’ Instinct, the darkly gripping 2024 psychological thriller movie starring Oscar-winning actresses Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain. Set in early ’60s suburban America (beautifully recreated by cinematographer/director Benoît Delhomme), the pair play Alice (Chastain) and Celine (Hathaway), best friends and […]

    1 year ago

  • A star-studded, underrated action thriller movie gem is on TV tonight

    A star-studded, underrated action thriller movie gem is on TV tonight

    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 (Tuesday, 13 May) is Wild Card, the 2015 underseen action thriller gem with a great cast led by Jason Statham (Crank, The Transporter). In the film, Statham plays Nick Wild […]

    1 year ago

  • Florence Pugh reveals what her favourite improvised line is in Thunderbolts

    Florence Pugh reveals what her favourite improvised line is in Thunderbolts

    Pugh and her co-star, David Harbour, spoke to JOE about the fun they had going off-script for one key scene in the Marvel blockbuster. New Marvel movie, Thunderbolts*, is proving to be a massive box-office and critical hit – something we’d attribute to the chemistry between its lead actors and director Jake Schreier’s more emotional, […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to remove an overlooked action thriller movie gem

    Netflix is about to remove an overlooked action thriller movie gem

    The controversial film was called ‘the most talked about movie of the year… that no one’s actually seen’. The Hunt, the overlooked action thriller gem from 2020, is about to be removed from Netflix. The movie sees 12 working-class strangers wake up in a remote clearing with no idea where they are or how they […]

    1 year ago

  • An extremely tense sci-fi thriller movie has just been added to Prime Video

    An extremely tense sci-fi thriller movie has just been added to Prime Video

    ‘Delivers a brilliant gut-punch of an ending.’ Prime Video has just added Life, the excellent and very tense 2017 sci-fi thriller starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson and Ryan Reynolds. Set in the near future, the actors play members of a small crew on board the International Space Station (ISS), who are in space to study […]

    1 year ago

  • Star-studded satirical drama about Hollywood party from hell available to watch now

    Star-studded satirical drama about Hollywood party from hell available to watch now

    The film is Pedro Pascal’s first after The Last of Us season two. Thanks to The Last of Us and The White Lotus, Pedro Pascal and Walton Goggins are both the preeminent Hollywood men of the moment. So, it’s fascinating to see them share the screen in the new satirical comedy-drama The Uninvited, which lands […]

    1 year ago

  • Five-star wireless earphones with noise cancelling get 85% discount in limited deal

    Five-star wireless earphones with noise cancelling get 85% discount in limited deal

    This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. You can snap up the beloved Bluetooth earbuds now at a whopping 86% off. Amazon’s Tech Week sale is in full swing, with the retailer currently selling the OWMSIC W70 Pro Wireless Earbuds for just £18.44. The Bluetooth earphones, […]

    1 year ago

  • An absolute cult classic thriller movie is on TV tonight

    An absolute cult classic thriller movie is on TV tonight

    The film is also currently streaming on Disney+. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 8 May) is The Empty Man, the incredible mystery horror thriller epic that came out in 2020. Set mostly in modern-day Missouri, the film follows a grieving retired cop named James Lasombra (James Badge Dale, Spectral) who is asked by […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 45

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 45

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 45th entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Life Interstellar Sunshine Name […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to release a darkly comic thriller show to rival Slow Horses

    Netflix is about to release a darkly comic thriller show to rival Slow Horses

    The show comes from the creator of Godless and The Queen’s Gambit. Netflix has just released the first trailer for Dept. Q, its new crime thriller series that looks like it should appeal to fans of Apple TV+’s smash hit Slow Horses. The show follows DCI Carl Morck (Matthew Goode, Watchmen), who is described as […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best crime thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    One of the best crime thriller movies of recent years is on TV tonight

    The true crime film has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 7 May) is The Night of the 12th, the excellent 2022 French mystery crime thriller. Inspired by one story from Pauline Guéna’s non-fiction account of her time embedded with a French Criminal Investigation department, the film follows […]

    1 year ago

  • Best-selling Beats wireless earphones get half price discount in huge tech sale

    Best-selling Beats wireless earphones get half price discount in huge tech sale

    This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. They are 47% off as part of a limited time deal. Amazon’s Tech Week sale has commenced, with the retailer currently selling Beats Powerbeats Pro Wireless Earphones at 47% off. The hugely popular Bluetooth earbuds are on offer for […]

    1 year ago

  • Disney+ has added several seasons of one of the best modern detective shows

    Disney+ has added several seasons of one of the best modern detective shows

    The ongoing Bafta-winning show holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Disney+ has just added the first five seasons of the acclaimed British detective drama series Unforgotten to its library. The show first debuted in 2015 on ITV and remains ongoing, with a seventh season on the way. It follows a team of London detectives […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has added one of 2024’s very best movies to its service

    Prime Video has added one of 2024’s very best movies to its service

    There has been a recent renewed interest in the Oscar-winning thriller as a result of real-world events. Conclave, the excellent 2024 Vatican-set mystery thriller, is now available to stream via Prime Video. Based on a novel by Robert Harris (The Ghost) and directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), the movie focuses […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

    One of the best thriller movies of the past 10 years is on TV tonight

    The film has a 91% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 2 May) is The Gift, the incredible 2015 psychological thriller written and directed by and starring Joel Edgerton (Warrior). The film centres around a married couple named Robyn (Rebecca Hall) and Simon (Jason Bateman) who move to a new […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    Made by an Oscar-winning filmmaker, some have even called it one of the best sci-fi films of the 21st century. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 1 May) is Nope, the 2022 neo-Western sci-fi thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Jordan Peele (Get Out, Us). With its title standing for ‘Not of Planet Earth’, Nope revolves […]

    1 year ago

  • Disney+ has just added one of 2025’s very best movies

    Disney+ has just added one of 2025’s very best movies

    If you love music, this is a must-watch. Disney+ has just added A Complete Unknown, the terrific music biopic released in cinemas in January that wound up being nominated for eight Oscars, including the Best Picture prize. The movie stars Timothée Chalamet (Oscar-nominated for his role) as a young Bob Dylan. The film begins in […]

    1 year ago

  • A great modern spy thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    A great modern spy thriller movie is airing on TV tonight

    Based on a book by John le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the film stars one of the best screen actors who ever lived in his last lead role before his untimely death. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 30 April) is A Most Wanted Man, the excellent 2014 spy thriller starring the late […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 44

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 44

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 44th entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie The Rock The Silence […]

    1 year ago

  • A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    A star-studded Western movie is airing on TV tonight

    The film, which tells a story about Billy the Kid, was recently added to Netflix as well. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 29 April) is The Kid, the star-studded 2019 Western directed by Vincent D’Onofrio (Daredevil). Set in the 19th century in the old West, the film follows a young boy named Rio […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added one of the best horror movies of recent years

    Netflix has just added one of the best horror movies of recent years

    Holding an 81% Rotten Tomatoes score, we should note that the gory horror is not for the faint of heart. Saw X, the tenth and most recent entry in the infamous Saw franchise, has just been added to Netflix. The movie takes place between the events of the first Saw and Saw II, making it […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just quietly added one of the decade’s very best movies

    Netflix has just quietly added one of the decade’s very best movies

    The Oscar-winning film is a must-watch for fans of legal thrillers. Anatomy of a Fall, one of the decade’s very best movies, has just been added to Netflix. The film stars Sandra Huller (who was Oscar-nominated for her role) as Sandra Voyter, an acclaimed German novelist. She lives in an isolated mountain chalet in France […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the BBC’s best recent thriller shows gets hopeful season 2 update

    One of the BBC’s best recent thriller shows gets hopeful season 2 update

    EXCLUSIVE: The series’ co-creator spoke to JOE about the plans for a second season. Crá, the recent Irish-language crime thriller mystery series, could be returning for a season two, JOE has learned. Commissioned by Irish channel TG4 with BBC Northern Ireland, the six-part show, whose title means ‘anguish’ or ‘torment’ in Irish, was set in […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix’s latest No 1 movie had an ‘unusually’ long road to get to the screen

    Netflix’s latest No 1 movie had an ‘unusually’ long road to get to the screen

    While it took three years for the action film’s writer-director to get all the footage he needed, he calls the wait an ‘unusual gift’. Havoc, the new action crime thriller from writer-director Gareth Evans (The Raid) and Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road), dropped on Netflix yesterday (25 April) and is already top of the […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best heist thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best heist thriller movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    The film is also one of Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham’s best. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 26 April) is Wrath of Man, the excellent 2021 heist revenge thriller that reunited director Guy Ritchie and star Jason Statham (Lock Stock, Snatch) after 15 years. A remake of the 2004 French flick Cash Truck, […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century has been added to Prime Video

    One of the best sci-fi movies of the 21st century has been added to Prime Video

    The film was recently removed from Netflix but has found a new streaming home. After its surprise recent removal from Netflix, the brilliant sci-fi thriller Annihilation has just been added to Prime Video. Written and directed by Alex Garland (Civil War, the currently in cinemas Warfare), the movie stars Oscar-winner Natalie Portman (Black Swan) and […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video has just added one of the best Western movies of the 21st century

    Prime Video has just added one of the best Western movies of the 21st century

    Be warned though, this sadly underseen Western is not for the faint-hearted. Prime Video has just added The Nightingale, the 2018 Western thriller movie starring Aisling Franciosi (Speak No Evil). In the film, she delivers a phenomenal performance as a young Irish convict named Clare in 19th-century Australia who relentlessly pursues a British officer (Sam […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best TV shows ever is getting a new streaming home

    One of the best TV shows ever is getting a new streaming home

    ‘That show you like is going to come back into style.’ Twin Peaks, the seminal mystery horror-drama show that ran for three seasons between 1990 and 2017, will be getting a new streaming home courtesy of the service Mubi. Created by the late and great David Lynch, alongside Mark Frost, the series takes place in […]

    1 year ago

  • Classic grill on sale for nearly 50% off in limited time deal

    Classic grill on sale for nearly 50% off in limited time deal

    This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. The beloved grill is now on sale for 47% off. Amazon are currently selling the George Foreman Medium Fit Grill at 47% off in a limited time deal. The product from the classic grill brand, once promoted by the […]

    1 year ago

  • An extremely underrated sci-fi thriller movie is on TV tonight

    An extremely underrated sci-fi thriller movie is on TV tonight

    Made by the director of Donnie Darko, the film’s story was previously adapted as a Twilight Zone episode. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 25 April) is The Box, the underrated sci-fi thriller from cult writer-director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko). The 2009 film is based on the short story ‘Button, Button’ by Richard Matheson […]

    1 year ago

  • An excellent new crime series is now available to stream at home

    An excellent new crime series is now available to stream at home

    Its first five episodes are streaming now. Government Cheese, a very fun new crime comedy series starring David Oyelowo (Silo), is streaming now via Apple TV+. Set in ’60s Los Angeles, the show sees Oyelowo play Hampton, a man who begins the story in prison for forging cheques. In jail, the petty criminal finds religion, […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix is about to drop 2025’s best and most ‘brutal, primal’ action movie

    Netflix is about to drop 2025’s best and most ‘brutal, primal’ action movie

    JOE spoke to the film’s star Tom Hardy, as well as its writer and director. This week, Netflix will be releasing Havoc – the new action crime thriller from writer-director Gareth Evans and star Tom Hardy. Hardy plays Walker in the movie, a cop battling personal demons. In the wake of a drug deal gone […]

    1 year ago

  • The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 43

    The JOE Film Club Quiz: Week 43

    Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 43rd entry in The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. They then must select which film the images are from based on three options. Have what it takes? Play below and find out. Name the movie Mad Max 3: Beyond […]

    1 year ago

  • One of 2024’s best action movies now available to stream at home

    One of 2024’s best action movies now available to stream at home

    We’d advise watching this on the largest screen possible. Twisters, last year’s long-awaited follow-up to the 1996 smash-hit Twister, is now streaming at home. Available to watch via NOW Cinema and Sky Cinema, the 2024 stand-alone sequel has no connections character-wise to the original. Instead, it tells another tale about storm chasers trying to better […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best Western movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    One of the best Western movies of the 21st century is on TV tonight

    Starring a legend of the genre, the film is currently unavailable to stream. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 22 April) is Open Range, the 2003 revisionist Western directed by and starring Kevin Costner. Based on the novel The Open Range Men, the film is set in the 19th century. It centres around Boss […]

    1 year ago

  • One of 2024’s biggest movies finally handed streaming release date

    One of 2024’s biggest movies finally handed streaming release date

    The long-awaited sequel is coming to streaming very soon. Gladiator II, one of 2024’s biggest blockbusters, will finally be available to watch on streaming in the UK and Ireland next month. Coming to Paramount+, the movie stars Paul Mescal as Hanno – a man living in the North African kingdom of Numidia whose wife is […]

    1 year ago

  • A tense thriller movie with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes is streaming on Netflix now

    A tense thriller movie with 90% on Rotten Tomatoes is streaming on Netflix now

    The unpredictable thriller film deserves a much bigger audience. This week on JOE’s Film Club Classics, we’re recommending The Block Island Sound – an inventive 2020 indie thriller streaming on Netflix now that accomplishes a lot with very little. The breakthrough movie of the writing-directing duo Kevin and Matthew McManus (whose upcoming thriller Redux Redux […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the best and craziest movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the best and craziest movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    The film has a 90% Rotten Tomatoes score, but be warned, it’s not for the faint of heart. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 19 April) is Titane, the 2021 French psychological horror drama that is easily one of the best films of the decade so far. Written and directed by Julia Ducournau (Raw), […]

    1 year ago

  • Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega’s new thriller movie finally gets UK release date

    Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega’s new thriller movie finally gets UK release date

    And it’s coming out very soon. Hurry Up Tomorrow, a new psychological thriller movie starring Barry Keoghan and Jenna Ortega, has finally secured a UK release date. The film comes from popstar Abel Tesfaye aka The Weeknd, who co-wrote the script alongside his collaborator on his TV series The Idol, Reza Fahim, as well as […]

    1 year ago

  • Prime Video adds three seasons of dark thriller show hailed as ‘work of great art’

    Prime Video adds three seasons of dark thriller show hailed as ‘work of great art’

    Holding an 85% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the series features two huge stars. Prime Video has just added all three seasons of The Fall – the excellent if extremely dark thriller series starring Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Set in post-Troubles Belfast, the show follows Stella Gibson (Anderson), a detective superintendent with London’s Metropolitan Police […]

    1 year ago

  • Netflix has just added a big new Western series

    Netflix has just added a big new Western series

    The show is already earning comparisons to Yellowstone. Netflix has just added Ransom Canyon, a new 10-part Western series starring Josh Duhamel (Transformers) and Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights). Created by April Blair (who worked on Netflix hits Wednesday and You), the show is based on a series of novels by Jodi Thomas and is […]

    1 year ago

  • One of the funnest action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    One of the funnest action movies of the decade is on TV tonight

    The film has earned comparisons to Guy Ritchie and Quentin Tarantino. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 18 April) is Bullet Train, the very fun Brad Pitt-led action comedy movie from 2022. Pitt in the film plays Ladybug, a notoriously unlucky assassin who is determined to complete his latest assignment in Japan peacefully after […]

    1 year ago

  • ‘Phenomenal’ portable speaker perfect for summer on sale for nearly 35% off

    ‘Phenomenal’ portable speaker perfect for summer on sale for nearly 35% off

    This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a commission on any sales generated from it. Available in a limited time deal, the speakers light up and are waterproof. A brand of portable speaker described as “phenomenal” is on sale for 34% off via Amazon. The DOSS SoundBox Pro+ wireless Bluetooth speakers are currently on […]

    1 year ago