That Film Stew Ep 395 - The Pale Blue Eye (Review)

Written and directed by Scott Cooper, The Pale Blue Eye is the mystery thriller film adapted from the 2003 novel of the same name by Louis Bayard. The film stars an ensemble cast led by Christian Bale and Harry Melling. It was released in cinemas in December 2022, before its streaming release on January 6, 2023 by Netflix. West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it's discovered that the young man's heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case - an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry - a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling)