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Netflix’s The Pale Blue Eye is an artist origin story with a difference.

Christian Bale stars as a world-weary detective in Netflix’s grisly whodunnit

Scott Cooper is a competent filmmaker. He’s rarely an extraordinary one.

Despite the best efforts of Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson and co, this wintry crime yarn featuring a young Edgar Allan Poe descends into farce

An overacted, badly written, murder mystery dud, “The Pale Blue Eye” takes its title from a quote from Edgar Allan Poe’s 1843 Boston-set story “The Tell-Tale Heart.” Poe himself is also a character in the film, an adaptation of the 2006 novel by Louis Bayard adapted by writer-director Scott Cooper…

Even when the 19th century mystery takes some insanely big dramatic swings, Bale is immersed in his performance.

Harry Melling as young Poe makes you yearn for a Netflix TV series. Here's why this former Harry Potter star steals the show in 'The Pale Blue Eye.'

Set in 1830, a mildly ridiculous plot sends a haunted Bale to investigate the gothic killing of a military cadet

Amid a starry cast – which includes Gillian Anderson and Timothy Spall – it’s Harry Melling who is the real draw here

PHILADELPHIA — During the Pennsylvania race for U.S. Senate, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman defeated television star Mehmet Oz. Now he has his sights set on Hollywood.

Vigilantes at the polls were a threat in the 19th century, too, but the laws put in place then may not work in 2022