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Stephen Porzio

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Biography:

Stephen Porzio is a senior writer for the publication JOE.ie. He previously wrote about film and TV for Film Ireland, HeadStuff and Hot Press.

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Widow's Bay: Season 1 (2026) 97% EDIT “For all the show's impressive juggling of tones, narrative rug-pulls, and homages to classic horrors... viewers will be surprised by how much they care about the island's residents by the time the credits roll on its final episode.” – joe.ie Apr 29, 2026 Full Review Young Sherlock: Season 1 (2026) 84% EDIT “There's good humour to be found in meeting the lead character, someone we know will go on to become renowned for his genius, at the age of 19 and at rock bottom, surrounded by adults who constantly underestimate him.” – joe.ie Mar 6, 2026 Full Review DTF St. Louis: Season 1 (2026) 87% EDIT “While the series is full of offbeat humour and genuinely relatable moving insights about people, it also functions as a hugely compelling whodunnit.” – joe.ie Mar 3, 2026 Full Review How to Get to Heaven From Belfast: Season 1 (2026) 95% EDIT “The thriller plot isn't the main reason to tune into How to Get to Heaven. That's its three actresses; their lovable characters and all the madness that McGee sweeps the heroes up in” – joe.ie Feb 19, 2026 Full Review Fallout: Season 2 (2025) 96% EDIT “We remain in awe of how dark and violent the sci-fi is, and how hopeless so many of its characters are, yet also how compulsively watchable and funny the series winds up being.” – joe.ie Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Run Away: Season 1 (2026) 83% EDIT “One of [Harlan Coben's] best TV shows to date, because of its clearer and tighter plotting, its greater sense of humour and its increased emphasis on character.” – joe.ie Jan 8, 2026 Full Review Summerwater: Season 1 (2025) 30% EDIT “Summerwater is several things at once. It’s a great whodunit. It’s a sobering portrait of division in modern-day Britain, but also the dark side of human nature.” – joe.ie Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Malice: Season 1 (2025) 42% EDIT “What makes the new thriller stand out slightly from the pack of similar movies and shows, however, is the surprisingly strong against-type lead performance from comedian Jack Whitehall.” – joe.ie Nov 14, 2025 Full Review The Chair Company: Season 1 (2025) 100% EDIT “While you may start watching The Chair Company for its absurd humour, as the series continues, you do become gripped by its unconventional mystery thriller plot and the increasingly bizarre ways it unfolds.” – joe.ie Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Mr. Scorsese: Season 1 (2025) 98% EDIT “What we find most affecting about the project is how much Scorsese still cares about the film form and the way the documentary captures just how much the director poured himself into each and every one of his movies, even the most commercial.” – joe.ie Nov 14, 2025 Full Review Peacemaker: Season 2 (2025) 94% EDIT “S2 starts a little rocky, with Gunn heavily retconning the finale of the first season to fit into his new DC Universe... [After this], the series settles back into its... groove, mixing big action set-pieces, irreverent humour and surprising emotion.” – joe.ie Oct 29, 2025 Full Review House of Guinness: Season 1 (2025) 90% EDIT “Watching House of Guinness is like getting a crash course about Ireland’s past from a history buff in a pub who has already sunk a few pints of the black stuff.” – joe.ie Oct 29, 2025 Full Review Murdaugh: Death in the Family: Season 1 (2025) 69% EDIT “An important cautionary tale about the perils of unchecked power and how, if one sweeps problems within a family under the rug, they can... spiral out of control... Adding to this more human approach are the fiercely authentic performances.” – joe.ie Oct 29, 2025 Full Review The Institute: Season 1 (2025) 64% EDIT “...makes for an extremely addictive and compelling watch.” – joe.ie Jul 13, 2025 Full Review Nine Perfect Strangers: Season 1 (2021) 60% EDIT “Nine Perfect Strangers makes one wish that Kidman will continue to find potboiler novels about everyday human issues to adapt into lavish, star-studded TV programmes.” – HeadStuff Aug 10, 2021 Full Review Homemade: Season 1 (2020) 94% EDIT “[Homemade] shows that even in the darkest and direst of times, artists will find ways to create works of beauty.” – HeadStuff Jul 10, 2020 Full Review
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