The Rewind

Ahead of its Irish cinema release on August 30th, The Rewind - Balls.ie’s pop culture wing - previews "The Informer." The crime thriller stars the likes of Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike and Common, and on today's podcast we fill you in on everything you need to know before you go to see it.

Balls.ie's pop culture section, The Rewind, has been running a massive vote all week to crown Ireland's greatest ever YouTube video. At the quarter-final stages, Mark Farrelly, Mick McCarthy and Gary Connaughton take a break from the campaign trail to reflect on how the vote is going, analyse the quarter-finalists and try predict who'll win it.

On the first instalment of The Rewind Recommends, host Mark Farrelly chats to Chloe Guildea about life after Game of Thrones, while Donny Mahoney joins Mark to recommend 'Booksmart' and The Lonely Island's 'The Unauthorised Bash Brothers Experience.' Meanwhile, Kev Beirne is in the house to tell us why he loves Netflix's new sketch show 'I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson.'

Visit www.TheRewind.ie for our daily 'The Rewind Recommends' articles and get in touch with the show by tweeting @TheRewinddotie

We are still reeling from the last ever episode of perhaps the greatest television show of all time. The Game of Thrones finale was watched by millions but split opinion down the middle once again. Our podcast team of Mark Farrelly, Chloe Guildea and Donny Mahoney delve into the intricacies of the episode and analyse each character, rating their performances out of ten and seeing who lived up to expectation.

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This week Mark and Donny are joined by Chloe Guildea, as the trio toast the toasted, it's our Game of Thrones season eight episode 5 player ratings!

Whether you loved it or hated it, 'The Bells' definitely inspired a huge reaction. We give our overall thoughts on the episode, before delving into the nuts and bolts of each character and how they performed on the day.