“What are the odds and the timing of both of them?” – one of the series’ stars told JOE. Fallout – Prime Video’s big-budget series adaptation of the popular post-apocalyptic sci-fi video game franchise – premieres this week on the streaming service after much anticipation. Co-created and directed in part by Jonathan Nolan (The Dark […]

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It features two Oscar-winners in the lead roles. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 9 April) is Air America, a 1990 buddy action comedy starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. “Despite having just had his Los Angeles pilot’s license revoked, Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr.) is hired by Air America, a clandestine airline […]

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People are saying it’s up there with Game of Thrones. With the release of Netflix’s new massive sci-fi series 3 Body Problem, several people have taken to social media to rave about an earlier similarly-ambitious sci-fi show released by the streaming service. That series is Dark, which ran for three seasons and 26 episodes between 2017 and 2020. The […]

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Here are the best films airing on telly over the stormy weekend. Our TV movie pick for this weekend is The Night House, a 2020 mystery horror thriller starring recent JOE interviewee Rebecca Hall. The Godzilla actress plays Beth, a widow reeling from the unexpected death of her husband Owen (Evan Jonigkeit). Left alone in the lakeside home Owen built for […]

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It features not one, but two gripping mysteries. It’s no secret that Colin Farrell has been on a real hot streak of late when it comes to his movie and TV projects. So, the fact that the Oscar nominee has chosen to star in the new mysterious Apple TV+ series Sugar bodes well for its […]

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The underrated and underseen flick was surprisingly made by the director of cult comedies Clerks and Dogma. Red State, the 2011 thriller movie written and directed by cult filmmaker Kevin Smith (Chasing Amy, Clerks, Dogma), has just been added to Netflix. It revolves around three teenagers – Travis (Michael Angarano), Jarod (Kyle Gallner) and Billy-Ray […]

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The film sees the comedy star cast against type. An action movie starring Owen Wilson and Pierce Brosnan that wound up being banned in one particular country has been climbing up the Netflix top 10. That film is No Escape and tells the story of American businessman Jack Dwyer (Wilson), his wife Annie (Lake Bell) […]

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Featuring a massive rising star in the lead role, the nail-biter of a film has a 94% Rotten Tomatoes score. Netflix has just added Emily the Criminal, the acclaimed 2022 crime thriller movie starring Aubrey Plaza, to its library. The feature film debut of writer-director John Patton Ford, Plaza stars in the film as the […]

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Also featuring strong Western elements, the movie comes from the director of the classics 48 Hrs. and The Warriors. Our TV movie pick for tonight 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 Ranger (Nick Nolte) and the other has gone […]

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They have added the entirety of the series at once. Humans, one of the best sci-fi shows of recent years, has had its three seasons just added to Netflix. Originally airing on Channel 4 between 2015 and 2018, the series takes place in a UK where technology is highly advanced and lifelike humanoids called Synths […]

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The show’s fight sequences have been singled out for praise. A new Netflix series which recently climbed up the streamer’s top 10 TV list has been hailed by action fans as a “must-watch”. That show is Furies, which comes from France and is set in Paris’ criminal underworld. The show centres on a young woman (Lina El Arabi) […]

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There’s some great new picks this month It’s that time yet again Netflix reveals all of its original films and TV shows coming in the next month. You can take a look at April’s offerings below. Netflix original movies arriving in April The Tearsmith – April 4 Scoop – April 5 Inspired by real events, Scoop is […]

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The Oscar-winning film is a must-watch for fans of legal thrillers. Anatomy of a Fall, one of the very best movies of 2023, has just been added to Prime Video. The film stars Sandra Huller (who was Oscar nominated for her role) as Sandra Voyter, an acclaimed German novelist living in an isolated mountain chalet in […]

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Several underseen film gems have been added to the streaming service in recent weeks. Looking to kick back and relax over the long weekend? Well, Netflix has been busy adding the following 25 big movies to its Irish and UK library over the past few weeks which should provide some entertainment. America’s Sweethearts Billy Crystal, […]

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Coming from the creator of Happy Valley and starring one of the Derry Girls, all episodes of the show are available to watch right now. Disney+ has just added Renegade Nell – a new action adventure series that could go on to be regarded as one of the most entertaining shows of 2024. Created by Sally Wainwright (Happy […]

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This is sure to provoke lots of discussions after viewing. Netflix has just added Cat Person, the 2023 psychological thriller based on the popular short story of the same name, to its library. Written by Kristen Roupenian, the original short story was published in The New Yorker in 2017 and tells the story of the […]

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The film is based on a series of novels that would later be rebooted on the big screen with Liam Neeson. Our TV movie pick for tonight is 8 Million Ways to Die (Wednesday, 27 March), the 1986 neo-noir action thriller starring Oscar winner Jeff Bridges. The film is adapted from author Lawrence Block’s detective novel series revolving around […]

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We are in full agreement as well. Many viewers of Netflix’s new epic sci-fi series 3 Body Problem are calling on the streamer to renew the show for a second season. Created by Game of Thrones makers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, alongside Alexander Woo, the series is based on the acclaimed Three-Body trilogy of sci-fi novels by Chinese writer Liu […]

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Written and directed by an Oscar winner, the film has a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 26 March) is The Rider, the acclaimed 2017 Western drama from Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao (Nomadland). Written and directed by Zhao and described as a contemporary Western, the film centres around a young cowboy named Brady […]

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Directed by one of the action movie kings, it’s basically a cross between Heat and Speed. Netflix has added Ambulance, one of the best action movies of the decade so far, to its library. Directed by action filmmaking legend Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock), it stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Matrix Resurrections). He plays Will, a former U.S. Marine and […]

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The Groundhog Day-inspired film premiered at South by Southwest last week to glowing reviews. Omni Loop, a new movie with The Bear star and honorary Irish woman Ayo Edebiri, has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a perfect 100% score. The Groundhog Day-inspired sci-fi comedy-drama premiered last week at the South by Southwest festival in the US and centres around […]

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Led by a big Irish star, the 2023 film has an 86% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Prime Video has just added Fast Charlie, an acclaimed 2023 crime movie starring Pierce Brosnan, to its service. The actor plays the title character, a fixer with a problem: the man he was assigned to kill is missing his head. This is […]

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It has one of the most iconic final scenes in a film ever. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Monday, 18 March) is The Long Good Friday, the classic British gangster flick from 1980. Set in the late 1970s, it follows Harold Shand (Bob Hoskins) – an English gangster trying to become a legitimate property mogul who has […]

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“A lurid, blood-soaked B-movie with an A-list cast.” Triple 9, a very tense and star-studded heist thriller movie from 2016, has just been added to Netflix’s library. The film is about a gang of criminals (Aaron Paul, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus) and corrupt cops (Anthony Mackie, Clifton Collins Jr.) in Atlanta who are threatened by the mafia […]

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Featuring four A-listers in the lead roles, the film comes from one of the most acclaimed directors in recent years. A new Western film has been announced starring Austin Butler, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal. Titled Eddington, the movie comes from writer-director Ari Aster – who earned huge praise in recent years for his films Hereditary, Midsommar and Beau is Afraid. […]

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The series is executively produced by the writers behind 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Netflix has just added the third season of its acclaimed comedy show Girls5eva to its service. Its great premise follows four women (Busy Philipps, Paula Pell, Sara Bareilles and Renée Elise Goldsberry) who were part of a girl group named Girls5eva, which was […]

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It comes from the director of the Stephen Graham-starring Boiling Point. Netflix has just added the very tense and gritty 2020 British crime thriller movie Villain to its library. Starring Craig Fairbrass (Avengement, Cliffhanger, Rise of the Footsoldier), he plays Eddie – a man just released from jail after serving a ten-year sentence. Determined to leave the crime […]

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The ongoing Bafta-winning show holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Netflix has just added the first four 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 sixth season currently in production. It follows a team of London detectives led by […]

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The much-anticipated remake is heading to streaming very soon. Jake Gyllenhaal, star of the upcoming Road House remake, has praised Conor McGregor for his performance in the action movie. In the reboot of the 1989 flick, the MMA fighter makes his acting debut playing Knox, a goon-for-hire who goes head to head with Gyllenhaal’s character. The new Road House […]

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“Unrelenting, no-nonsense and hard-as-nails – just like its eponymous anti-hero.” A victim of being released amid the Covid pandemic, the British crime thriller Bull – now on Netflix – was sadly not seen by as many people as it should have been. Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams (The Cottage, London to Brighton), the 2021 movie stars an […]

2 years ago

It comes from the director of the Stephen Graham-starring Boiling Point. Netflix has just added the very tense and gritty 2020 British crime thriller movie Villain to its library. Starring Craig Fairbrass (Avengement, Cliffhanger, Rise of the Footsoldier), he plays Eddie – a man just released from jail after serving a ten-year sentence. Determined to […]

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The Oscar-nominated comedy film was only just released in cinemas. American Fiction, one of the 10 movies competing for Best Picture at this weekend’s Oscars, is now available to watch on Prime Video. Released in Irish and UK cinemas just last month, Jeffrey Wright (Westworld) stars as an African-American upper-class writer and professor who – fed up […]

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The big night is finally upon us, catch all the Oscars 2024 live action here: After months of intense debate and speculation, the 96th Academy Awards are finally taking place this weekend. The Oscars 2024 live show will start at the new time of 11 pm (GMT) on Sunday, 10 March and will run to about 2 am on […]

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You have the weekend to catch up on the nominees before the winner is named. The 2024 Oscars are right around the corner, with Irish actor Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) and Irish cinematographer Robbie Ryan (Poor Things) up for awards. This year’s Academy Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, 10 March 2024 at 11 pm Irish time – which gives cinephiles just a […]

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It has been hailed by action fans as a “must watch” show. A new Netflix series is climbing up the streamer’s top 10 TV list and is being hailed by action fans as a “must watch”. That show is Furies, which comes from France and is set in Paris’ criminal underworld. The show centres on a young woman […]

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True action film lovers will be aware of this fact. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 7 March) is The Last Boy Scout, the 1991 action movie starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans. Directed by the late and great Tony Scott (Man on Fire, True Romance) and written by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, […]

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You have the weekend to catch up on the nominees before the winner is named The 2024 Oscars are right around the corner, with this year’s Academy Awards taking place on Sunday, 10 March 2024 at 11pm UK time. This gives cinephiles just a couple of days to catch up on all the films nominated. How can I watch […]

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It comes from the director of 48 Hrs and The Warriors. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 6 March) is Bullet to the Head, the 2012 action movie starring Sylvester Stallone. In the film, the Hollywood legend plays a veteran hitman in New Orleans who forms an uneasy alliance with a detective (Sung Kang) in order to […]

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It’s a particularly packed month in terms of both film and TV. We recently compiled a list of 20 huge movies quietly added to Netflix in the last few weeks – you can read that right here. On top of this, we’ve now gathered information on all of the streamer’s original releases for March 2024, which […]

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The surprise gangster show reboot is set to arrive on screens later this year. Legendary filmmaker Guy Richie is set to team up with Top Boy creator Ronan Bennett to make The Donovans, a new gangster show loosely based on the US crime drama series Ray Donovan. Ray Donovan starred Liev Schreiber as the title character, a professional […]

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It features a massive star in the lead role. Upon learning that Adam Sandler is starring in a new Netflix movie called Spaceman, you’d be forgiven thinking that the film is a sci-fi comedy or that Sandler was attempting to pull a Liam Neeson by making a later career pivot into action fare. As such, […]

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Described by some as a ‘Western in space’, the film stars an A-lister and holds an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score. Our movies on TV pick for tonight (Thursday, 29 February) is Prospect, a 2018 underseen sci-fi gem starring Pedro Pascal. The film centres around a teenage girl named Cee (Sophie Thatcher, Yellowjackets) who travels with her father (Jay […]

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Certainly an interesting career move. Liam Neeson is set to star in a reboot of one of the greatest comedies of all time: The Naked Gun. The news was revealed by Variety this week, with the publication saying that Paramount have now set a release date of July 18, 2025. Based off the widely popular film franchise starring […]

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It even ended up scoring an Oscar nomination. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 28 February) is Animal Kingdom, the Oscar-nominated 2010 gangster movie about an Australian crime family. The film centres around 17-year-old Joshua ‘J’ Cody (James Frecheville) who, after his mother dies of an overdose, reaches out to his estranged grandmother Smurf […]

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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 […]

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There’s plenty of gems waiting to be rewatched or discovered. As February winds down, we have compiled this list of 20 major movies that have been added to Netflix throughout the month. Enjoy! Allied This spy thriller centres around a Canadian intelligence officer (Brad Pitt) and a French Resistance fighter (Marion Cotillard) who fall in […]

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‘Watch it during the day time with all the lights on,’ one viewer warned. A new Netflix documentary produced by Louis Theroux is already at the top of the streamer’s series chart in Ireland and the UK just two days after being released. The two-part doc is titled Can I Tell You a Secret? and tells the story of […]

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The crime film gem has developed a legion of devoted fans in recent years, even sparking talks of a sequel. Ryan Gosling has been in the news of late, thanks to securing an Oscar nomination for his against type comedic turn in blockbuster smash hit Barbie. But this wasn’t the first time that the actor subverted […]

2 years ago

Directed by one of the action movie kings, it’s basically a cross between Heat and Speed. Netflix has just added Ambulance, one of the best action movies of the decade so far, to its library. Directed by action filmmaking legend Michael Bay (Bad Boys, The Rock), it stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Matrix Resurrections). He plays Will, a former U.S. Marine […]

2 years ago

It’s a must-watch for fans of 300 and Gladiator. Prime Video has just added The Northman, one of the greatest action movies of the decade so far, to its service. Co-written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch), the Viking film is based on Norse and Scandinavian legend and is set at the turn […]

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