The Pale Blue Eye review: Christian Bale leads a handsome if unnecessarily Easter egg-filled thriller
2 years ago

The Pale Blue Eye review: Christian Bale leads a handsome if unnecessarily Easter egg-filled thriller

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wednesday Addams may see her title of “Netflix’s resident goth detective” challenged by the release of The Pale Blue Eye. The Pale Blue Eye – even the title is borrowed from that same story – is peppered with these sorts of substanceless references to the author’s work. He embraces Poe’s pompous, showman nature – “I am an artist, I have no nation,” he declares – while drawing him back from the edge of parody, allowing instead for a certain delicate woundedness. ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ is in selected cinemas from 23 December and can be streamed on Netflix from 6 January

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