Friday Five: Five Times TV Shows Went Meta
If last week was an examination of what happens when films break through the fourth wall, this week, it’s time take it a step further and look at what happens when TV shows go fully meta.
Friday Five: Five Great Films Narrated by Their Own Main Character
With Enola Holmes set to hit Netflix next week, adding another fourth wall-breaking narrator to film canon, now seems like a good time to look back on some other movies where the main character spent just as much time talking to the audience as they did to the rest of the cast.
Friday Five: Five Fantastic Standalone Fantasy Films
Sure, boy wizards and hobbits are great, but for those of us with shorter attention spans, here are five great fantasy films that aren’t quite so time-consuming.
Friday Five: Five 21st Century Female Badasses
From superheroes to assassins, military leaders to rig drivers, cinema of the last twenty years has striven to present women in all their punch-‘em-up glory, so here’s a list of some new icons for little girls (and boys) to look up to.
Friday Five: Five Great Animated Films (Not Made by Disney)
Tired of hearing “Let It Go” for the billionth time? Why not try out some of these non-Disney animated films instead?
Friday Five: Five TV Shows to Binge When You’re Feeling Down
2020 has been a year of primarily two things: lots of free time and lots of isolation (and, well, murder hornets, because we truly live in the weirdest timeline).
Friday Five: Five Unexpected Films from Female Directors
While it probably isn’t a terrible surprise to find out Little Women or Selma were directed by women, female directors have contributed far more unusual and wilder movies to the Hollywood canon.
Friday Five: Five Underrated Chick Flicks
Welcome to Friday Five, a new column dedicated to all things pop culture. Every week, we’ll put together five recommendations for you from the worlds of film, television, books and music, each curated to a different theme.