If you’ve been perusing your Netflix library while compartmentalizing your imminent return to work or school and have happened across The Pale Blue Eye, a period mystery starring Christian Bale, you’re certainly not alone.
The film sees Bale’s character, Augustus Landor, team up with Edgar Allan Poe in the early 1800s to solve a murder involving a heart being expertly removed from the victim’s body. Like many, you may have come to the film for Christian Bale – but you may also have found yourself sticking around for Harry Melling’s performance as the celebrated poet.