Richard Osman’s bestselling ‘cosy crime’ novel gets a film adaptation that fails to make the most of its all-star cast

Richard Osman's hit book series has been given the Hollywood treatment by Netflix, but has it delighted the critics the same way it did with readers?

Chris Columbus’ new movie stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, David Tennant and Naomi Ackie

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley star in Netflix's delightfully charming adaptation of The Thursday Murder Club.

The Thursday Murder Club closely follows the plot of the first book, which made us all fall in love with the titular crime-solving pensioners: Elizabeth (Helen Mirren), Joyce (Celia Imrie), Ron (Pierce Brosnan) and Ibrahim (Ben Kingsley).

The trial for another man who was charged in a fatal gang murder that happened in Marion County in 2022 began this week.

Samantha Bond, Cara Horgan, and Jo Martin return as “The Marlow Murder Club,” a trio of women whose expertise and insights add to police murder investigations in this cute PBS series. It is fun to see how these three women can come up with clues and even the murderers just a hair before the police.