The Bite Size Blog Presents: The Fifty Word Review

Hanna

Directed By Joe Wright

Starring: Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, 130 mins

Coming-of-age action movies/arthouse European cinema isn’t everyones cup of tea, but Joe Wright packs his thriller with enough gay nazi hitmen, ice queen spooks, mile-a-minute wannabe wags, sonic idiosyncrasies and just general weirdness to keep ‘mature’ audiences happy, while also featuring a five minute single-take punch up.  Plus, Ronan’s ace.  7/10

The Bite Size Blog Review Presents

Helplessness Blues – Fleet Foxes

Mining the same vein that took them to the glorious heights of their debut, Helplessness Blues sees Fleet Foxes’ multi-harmonising, densely layered folk take another leap forward.  Two years spent on the road delayed this eagerly awaited follow-up but it has infused the music with a broader worldview, lifting Pecknold & co. out of the backwoods. The songs often struggle within the constraints of traditional structure, and break out unexpectedly into something altogether different.  While ‘Lorelai’ channels Dylan’s 4^th Time Around a little too closely for comfort, this is still the follow-up that Fleet Foxes fans dared to dream of.  

Standout Tracks: Helplessness Blues, Grown Ocean, Lorelai