Film critic Peter Travers shares his review of "The Pale Blue Eye," starring Christian Bale and Harry Melling.

The Pale Blue Eye review: the big mystery is why this Christian Bale thriller isn't better

'The Pale Blue Eye' stars Christian Bale, Toby Jones, Gillian Anderson and Robert Duvall. But Harry Melling steals the Netflix murder mystery show.

One of America’s literary greats, Edgar Allan Poe is most associated with horror thanks to his macabre, Gothic poetry and short stories. But the writer is ...

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

The center of the film is Bale’s performance—a frozen surface which cracks open to reveal icy, rushing depths—and the cold New York landscape, with swi...

Gore and death in effective period detective story. Read Common Sense Media's The Pale Blue Eye review, age rating, and parents guide.

Christian Bale stars in this unbelievable but compelling film about a killer hunting and mutilating corpses at the U.S. Military Academy.

The Pale Blue Eye is handsomely made and generally adept at playing its dramatic cards with leads Christian Bale and Henry Melling.

Christian Bale stars in this gothic whodunnit. Read Empire's review.

What's worth your time in movies and TV this weekend? EW's critics review the latest releases: 'M3GAN', 'The Pale Blue Eye', 'Velma', and 'Alert'.

Film critic Peter Travers shares his review of "The Pale Blue Eye," starring Christian Bale and Harry Melling.

Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson and Lucy Boynton also star in Netflix’s adaptation of the Louis Bayard novel about an 1830 case at West Point military acad...

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

Scott Cooper's lavish but lacking whodunnit finds Christian Bale teaming up with Poe several years before he invented the detective story.

This period murder mystery inspired by Edgar Allan Poe has strong performances and a wonderfully creepy atmosphere, but falls flat at the end

Scott Cooper’s silly if entertaining detective story is perfect Christmas fodder

We review Netflix and Scott Cooper's period mystery The Pale Blue Eye starring Christian Bale and Harry Melling as Edgar Allan Poe.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Tim Cogshell, Andy Klein, Amy Nicholson and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, stream...

"Crazy Heart" director teams with star Christian Bale for third time with the 1830 West Point-set murder-mystery, "The Pale Blue Eye," which features Harry M...

A hardened detective teams up with a young Edgar Allen Poe to solve a murder in Scott Cooper's chilly thriller.

Better writing would have helped ‘M3GAN’; ‘Living,’ ‘Man Called Otto’ are terrific, poignant dramas

Also starring Harry Potter star Harry Melling and Lucy Boynton

A tormented detective and a fictional Edgar Allan Poe team up to solve grisly killings in this stuffy period melodrama.

Antlers director Scott Cooper and Harry Potter’s Dudley Dursley help spice up a story co-starring Edgar Allan Poe

We review the Netflix film The Pale Blue Eye (directed by Scott Cooper and stars Christian Bale) which does not contain spoilers.

The Pale Blue Eye fully commits to its actual business, serving up in full a tale of loss and wrong-headed resolution.

There’s something about the world’s first detective novelist that makes writers and filmmakers envision him as a gentleman sleuth. A courtly, erudite rom...

Filmmaker Scott Cooper’s latest is a gothic thriller about a grizzled detective (Bale) and the young poet investigating a series of brutal killings.

Christian Bale leads a cast of grotesques in Scott Cooper's over-ripe Edgar Allen Poe 'origin story' for Netflix

A not-so-great thriller that features some damn fine performances.

Everything is set up for “The Pale Blue Eye” to be the eerie serial-killer story you’d expect when you find out a character is named after Poe. But the...

With a filmography of muscular acting showcases, patient tempos, and emphasis on brooding atmosphere, it’s evident Scott Cooper has been influenced by the ...

Harry Melling (as Poe) and Christian Bale lead an impressive ensemble in Scott Cooper's atmospheric whodunit

The wintry murder mystery starring Christian Bale is a whodunit reinvented as a 19th-century mood board

Reviews of "The Pale Blue Eye," "Broker," "A Man Called Otto," "Nanny," and more.

Bale is a detective who teams up with Edgar Allan Poe, played by Harry Melling like a Benoit Blanc in training. But the mystery never catches fire.

Christian Bale and Harry Melling are pretty terrific in Scott Cooper’s atmospheric murder mystery.