‘The Thursday Murder’ Club cozies up to murder

By Glen Weldon,

Linda Holmes, Margaret H. Willison, Janae Morris, Mike Katzif, Jessica Reedy, Christina Tucker

Published September 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM EDT

Helen Mirren in The Thursday Murder Club. — Helen Mirren in *The Thursday Murder Club*.

Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club is a cozy British mystery set at a posh retirement community. The movie stars Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, and Ben Kingsley as retirees who have formed a club that researches cold cases to pass the time – until a real murder, and a plucky new member, show up on their incredibly bucolic doorstep.

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Glen Weldon

Glen Weldon is a host of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast. He reviews books, movies, comics and more for the NPR Arts Desk.

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Linda Holmes

Linda Holmes is a pop culture correspondent for NPR and the host of Pop Culture Happy Hour. She began her professional life as an attorney. In time, however, her affection for writing, popular culture, and the online universe eclipsed her legal ambitions. She shoved her law degree in the back of the closet, gave its living room space to DVD sets of The Wire, and never looked back.

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