AS Media: 5 x 5 Instructions

Use my version below to guide you.

My 5x5

Thelma and Louise (1991). A waitress and a housewife up and leave to go on an adventure in a '66 Thunderbird and things spiral out of control. It also features Brad Pitt in one of his earliest film roles. "You get what you settle for."
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). Max (Tom Hardy) teams up with the warrior Furiosa (Charlize Theron) in this exhilarating, loud and crazy desert landscape. "Oh what a day! What a lovely day!"
Rain Man (1988). A brilliant performance by both Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise (yes, Tom Cruise can actually act! Who knew?!) "What I said about being on the road with you I meant. I like having you for my brother."
Little Miss Sunshine (2006). A family take their daughter across America to get to a beauty pageant. "A real loser is someone who is so afraid of winning he doesn't even try."
The Wizard of Oz (1939). More like a "yellow brick" road trip movie, but a road trip nonetheless. A classic. "Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!"

Eleanor Rigby. (Album: Revolver). Strings, harmonies, McCartney's lyricism at its best. A story in a song.
In My Life. (Album: Rubber Soul). This puts you in a thoughtful mood and shows that Lennon's writing and voice make the perfect match.
Lady Madonna. (The White Album). An upbeat, honky-tonk vibe.
I am the Walrus (The White Album). A strange, psychedelic song with odd lyrics. Lennon wrote it because he found out pupils were being asked to analyse Beatles lyrics in their English lessons. He wanted to confuse them.
Drive My Car (Album: Rubber Soul). Happy, fun, one to sing along to.

Mad Men. Who is Don Draper? Step in to the world of advertising in New York in the 1960s. This drama is subtle, stylish and sophisticated.
Orange is the New Black. More accurately described as a comedy drama, this show tracks a 30 year old New York woman who does time in a women's prison.
Homeland. An American political thriller series. The writing is incredible; you can't predict what will happen next and don't really know which character to root for. Proper telly.
True Detective. Crime thriller. Flashbacks from the present day to when the cops were investigating the case.
Damages. Court room and behind the scenes drama. Glenn Close plays the boss from hell, but do you trust her?

Yeah Yeah Yeahs. They can be loud, crazy and manic as well as soft, ethereal and pensive. Plus if you look at the definition of 'cool' in the dictionary, you will find their lead singer, Karen O.
Skunk Anansie. They were big in the 90's/early 00's. They are rocky, grungy with a punk edge and sound like they have been really really annoyed at people. They also have some beautiful ballads and their lead singer (called Skin, yes, really) has a wonderful soaring voice. Good music to play loudly.
The Kills. A guy, a girl, two guitars and a drum machine. Black skinny jeans and leather jackets are their uniform.
The Horrors. I wasn't too keen at first but after playing their albums Luminous and Skying a few times, I found I couldn't get enough of them. Melancholic voices over synths and guitars.
Arctic Monkeys. The sound of my teenage and student years.

The Joker (Heath Ledger). The Batman's nemesis, he's clever and crazy. A dangerous mix. "I believe whatever doesn't kill you simply makes you...stranger."
Cruella Deville (Glenn Close). She just hates dogs and loves fur. What's more, there is just a half-formed back story to explain why. The best kind of villain. "I live for fur, I worship fur. After all, is there a woman in this wretched world who doesn't?"
Bill the Butcher from Gangs of New York (Daniel Day Lewis). Leader of the Bowery Boys and based on a real life gang member of the same name. "Ears and noses will be the trophies of the day. But no hand shall touch him."
Bane (Tom Hardy). Another enemy of Batman's from the Christopher Nolan trilogy. He's big, brutish, speaks very strangely and you can't see all of his face. Real scary. You have to do the quote in his voice "Oh, you think darkness is your ally? But you merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, moulded by it."
Sid, the evil kid in Toy Story. Sadist. "Nobody has ever attempted a double bypass brain transplant before."