Tragic news. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses after a fatal crash at the junction of Middle Abbey Street and O’Connell Street, Dublin 1 on Wednesday afternoon (1 April). Shortly before 1pm, Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to the collision involving a truck and a cyclist. The male cyclist, aged in his 20s, was pronounced […]

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‘One of the best horror films of the decade so far.’ A new poster has been released for Obsession, the upcoming horror movie from popular YouTuber and writer-director Curry Barker (Milk & Serial). Heading to cinemas next month, the film centres on Bear (Michael Johnston, Teen Wolf), a hopeless romantic who breaks “the mysterious One […]

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Weather warnings are likely to be issued in the coming days. Met Éireann has issued an advisory for all of Ireland over Easter weekend, amidst fears of “stormy” and “damaging” weather. The alert is scheduled to take effect at 12am on Good Friday (3 April) and last until 12am on Tuesday (7 April). “Unsettled and […]

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Road users have been asked to avoid the area, while Luas services have been affected. Abbey Street in Dublin city centre has been closed following a “serious” crash. In a statement, Gardaí said the road traffic collision occurred at the junction of Abbey Street and O’Connell Street in Dublin 1. Gardai and emergency services are […]

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The film features a scene-stealing supporting turn by an Irish actor. Prime Video has just added Crime 101, the exciting and star-studded crime thriller, which was in cinemas only a few weeks ago. Based on a novella by acclaimed author Don Winslow (Savages), the movie is set in Los Angeles. It revolves around Mike Davis […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 591, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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We’d recommend this stand-alone sequel to both fans of the franchise and newcomers. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 1 April) is Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin, the very underrated, stand-alone sequel in the hit horror-thriller franchise. This spooky seventh entry in the found-footage series centres around Margot (rising star Emily Bader, People We […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 92nd entry of The JOE Film Club Quiz. This week, we are presenting players with stills from 10 movies. Name the movie True Lies The Terminator Total Recall Name the movie The Banshees of Inisherin Brooklyn The Wonder Name the movie Moon Sunshine Project Hail Mary Name the movie […]

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After years of not being available to stream in the Republic of Ireland, viewers can finally catch up on the series. Industry, widely considered to be one of the best shows on TV (if not the best), has just been made available to stream in the Republic of Ireland for the first time. Having aired […]

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The 2026 action film is from the makers of Bullet Train and Nobody. Pretty Lethal, the latest action thriller movie from Prime Video, is climbing up the streaming charts. The movie revolves around five ballerinas (played by Avantika, Iris Apatow, Lana Condor, Maddie Ziegler and Millicent Simmonds) who are on their way to a prestigious […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 590, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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It once held the record for being the most expensive film ever made. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 31 March) is True Lies, the iconic 1994 action comedy written and directed by James Cameron (Avatar, Titanic). A remake of the French film La Totale, the movie focuses on Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger, reuniting […]

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‘A wildly ambitious mix of action comedy, family drama and political satire/commentary.’ One Battle After Another, this year’s Oscar Best Picture winner, is finally available to stream at home. Accessible through the service NOW, the movie is the latest from legendary writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) and is a loose […]

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Holding an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score, the thriller stars a recent Oscar nominee. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 28 March) is Here Before, the 2021 Northern Irish psychological thriller starring Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie). The film sees the actress play Laura, a married woman and mother living in Belfast whose daughter […]

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We are very excited about this. The first trailer has hit the web for Rosebush Pruning, a star-studded new thriller movie with an A-list cast. A loose remake of the ’60s Italian classic Fists in the Pocket, the film is described as a “bold, unpredictable portrait of a wealthy family, where privilege, desire and long-buried […]

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‘This dark, brutal, and devilishly funny crime caper often leaves us unsure of whether to cringe in horror or laugh. It’s usually a bit of both.’ Sunny Nights, a new dark comedy thriller series, is now available to stream for free. Accessible through the TG4 Player, the show follows an American brother (Will Forte, Bodkin) […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 589, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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‘It’s brimming with sharp one-liners, clever callbacks, brilliantly cringey slapstick situations, and hilariously inventive sight gags.’ Splitsville, our favourite comedy movie of 2026 so far, is available to watch in cinemas now. The film follows two couples. One is made up of Ashley (Adria Arjona, Hit Man) and Carey (Kyle Marvin, The Climb), who are […]

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This starry new film has the makings of a cult classic. They Will Kill You, a very fun new action comedy horror, is available to watch in cinemas now. The movie stars Zazie Beetz (Full Circle) as a woman with a dark past. She shows up one night at The Virgil, an exclusive and mysterious […]

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Part of the film was surprisingly filmed in Dublin. Horizon Line, a nail-biting and very fun action thriller movie, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 27 March). Released in 2020, the movie stars Allison Williams (Get Out, M3GAN) and Alexander Dreymon (The Last Kingdom) as two recent exes, who hop on board the same small […]

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We’ve been waiting for this for a long, long time. Full Circle, the star-studded 2023 crime thriller series from Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh (Haywire, Ocean’s Eleven, Traffic), is finally available to stream in Ireland and the UK. Accessible through HBO Max/NOW, the show follows an investigation into a botched kidnapping that “uncovers long-held secrets connecting […]

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Even if you’ve never seen it, you’ve definitely heard its soundtrack. The Graduate, the Oscar-winning ’60s comedy-drama, is airing on TV tonight (Friday, 27 March). Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Mike Nichols (The Birdcage), the movie stars a young Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man) as Benjamin, a disillusioned college graduate back living with his parents. As he […]

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The classic film has a 94% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 27 March) is Pale Rider, the legendary Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood (A Fistful of Dollars, Dirty Harry). Released in 1985, the film sees Eastwood play an enigmatic man named Preacher. He arrives in a small […]

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Based on true events, this tense thriller puts a unique twist on a classic sub-genre. No Ordinary Heist, a new Irish crime thriller inspired by actual events, is available to watch in cinemas from this weekend. The movie follows two bank workers, manager Richard Murray (Eddie Marsan) and security guard Barry McKenna (Saipan’s Éanna Hardwicke), […]

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Happy quizzing! The year really does seem to keep marching on, and even if the spring weather doesn’t seem to have arrived quite yet, we’re now just days away from the clocks changing. Take this as your early reminder to reset your alarm clocks for Monday! Before all that, though, we have an exciting weekend […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 588, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 91st entry of 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 Sunshine Solaris (2002) Project […]

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The film merges the style of Netflix’s Adolescence with the setting of The Bear. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Thursday, 26 March) is Boiling Point, the brilliant 2021 British drama with a whopping 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes. All shot in one long take, the film focuses on Andy Jones (a typically brilliant Stephen […]

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What an amazing achievement! An international team of astronomers, led by a PhD student at the University of Galway, have discovered a new planet, just months after finding another. The study was led by Chloe Lawlor, 25, from the Centre for Astronomy at the School of Natural Sciences and the Ryan Institute at the University […]

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It’s Amazon’s first major James Bond project since acquiring the franchise rights. Bait, Prime Video’s first major James Bond project since Amazon acquired the rights to the franchise, is streaming now. That said, Bait isn’t your typical 007 entry. Instead of an action movie, it’s a six-part comedy-drama centred around the hunt for Daniel Craig’s […]

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Very sad news. Alex Lawes, co-founder of the popular Dublin brewery Whiplash and Dublin bar Fidelity, has died. Located in Smithfield, close to Dublin city centre, Fidelity announced the news of Alex’s passing on Wednesday (25 March) in a statement. The bar wrote: “It is with profound sadness that we are communicating the passing of […]

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Fans of Den of Thieves, Heat and Widows will probably enjoy this. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 25 March) is Triple 9, the star-studded and tense 2016 heist thriller. The film follows a gang of criminals (Aaron Paul, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Norman Reedus) and corrupt cops (Anthony Mackie, Clifton Collins Jr.) in Atlanta. They […]

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Written by an Irishman, the movie was only out in cinemas a few weeks ago. Prime Video has just added Mercy, the 2026 sci-fi action thriller starring Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, The Terminal List). The movie is set in a near-future Los Angeles, which has taken radical steps to combat crime levels surging […]

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The Irish Government has revealed exactly by how much the excise duty on diesel and petrol will be reduced. The Government has confirmed a new package of emergency measures, which aims to ease pressure on people and businesses. This €250 million package is in response to the recent, much-publicised surge in fuel prices due to […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 587, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Holding an 85% Rotten Tomatoes score, the film is ‘based on an unbelievable true story’. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Tuesday, 24 March) is American Made, the 2017 action crime comedy thriller loosely based on real events. The film follows an American pilot (Oscar-nominee Tom Cruise, Born on the Fourth of July) in the […]

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Brought to you by Beyond the Pale Are you ready for the return of Ireland’s best boutique festival? There’s nothing quite like festival season. Chilling with your mates, sipping drinks in the summer sun and watching some epic live acts—it’s hard to beat it! As the weather slowly improves after a gloomy winter, the prep […]

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Featuring four massive stars, the Western was made by the same director as some of the most famous James Bond films. Red Sun, the 1971 cult classic spaghetti Western with an all-star cast, is airing on TV today (Tuesday, 24 March). Set in the 1870s in the Old West, the movie follows two bandits: Link […]

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Only 73 minutes long, the film is basically a blend of End of Watch and the V/H/S franchise. Bodycam, a cool new found footage horror thriller, has just been made available to stream at home. Available to watch through the service Shudder, the movie centres on two police officers (Jaime M. Callica and Sean Rogerson) […]

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Boasting an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score, we hope this funny, smart and tense thriller finds a bigger audience through streaming. Bone Lake, a very entertaining and stylish 2025 thriller movie, is now available to stream at home. Accessible through the service NOW, the film follows Diego and Sage (Marco Pigossi and Maddie Hasson), a long-time […]

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The film is the sequel to one of our favourite action movies of the decade. Nobody 2, one of the biggest action movies of last year, is now available to stream at home. Accessible through the service NOW, the film is the sequel to the 2021 Bob Odenkirk-starring modern action classic, Nobody, a movie we’ve […]

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The film is a classic of the genre. For a Few Dollars More, the second entry in actor Clint Eastwood and director Sergio Leone’s iconic Dollars trilogy of Westerns, is airing on TV tonight (Saturday, 21 March). The 1965 movie takes place in the Wild West, where murderous outlaw El Indio (Gian Maria Volonte, Le […]

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The film’s Irish lead was Oscar-nominated for his performance. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 21 March) is Aftersun, the 2022 indie drama starring Irish actor Paul Mescal (Hamnet, Normal People). The film revolves around Sophie (Frankie Curio), an 11-year-old in the 1990s who embarks on a holiday to a Turkish resort with her […]

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The best way to spend three minutes of your day. Welcome back to our beloved quick-fire general knowledge quiz! We’re on day 586, and if you’re a regular by now, you know the drill. For the newly initiated, we present players with 15 general knowledge quiz questions every day, along with three minutes to answer them. […]

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Holding a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film features two Irish stars in the lead roles. Netflix has just added Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, its much-anticipated movie spin-off of the hit BBC crime drama. Released in cinemas earlier this month ahead of its arrival on the streaming service, the film takes place in […]

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Holding an 88% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an incredibly cool premise. Our TV movie pick for tonight (Friday, 20 March) is All You Need is Death, the fantastic 2022 Irish folk horror. The dramatic feature debut from documentarian and TV veteran Paul Duane (Amber, Secret Diary of a Call Girl), the film […]

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A major star has joined the film as a producer and told JOE about the project. The Land of Nod, the new horror movie from Kyle Edward Ball (Skinamarink), has just gotten an exciting update from its producer, Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings). JOE spoke to Wood and Sarah Michelle Gellar about their […]

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Movie fans, assemble! Welcome to the 90th entry of 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 L.A. Confidential The Insider […]

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Boasting a similar premise to In Bruges, this 2026 movie looks very funny. The first trailer has hit the web for Wild Horse Nine, the new comedy thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges). The movie sees the writer-director reuniting with Sam Rockwell, who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar […]

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