Director Chris Columbus ably adapts the first book in Richard Osman's popular mystery series with a who's who of the British film industry. The film premieres on Netflix on August 28., Reviews, Times

A new Netflix murder mystery based on a bestselling novel has debuted on Rotten Tomatoes with a near-perfect Tomatometer score from critics.

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

The Thursday Murder Club has been released in cinemas this week with the film also soon-to-be dropped on Netflix.

Armed with four British icons and a cozy mystery, The Thursday Murder Club is a crowd-pleasing adventure, even when it loses the book's heart.

The Thursday Murder Club writer Katy Brand fought back tears as she praised Dame Helen Mirren and Jonathan Pryce for their tender portrayal of dementia in the new Netflix film. The movie is an adaptation of Richard Osman's best-selling novel about a group of retirement home residents who come together to solve murders for fun but find themselves caught in a real-life case.

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?

Ben Kingsley brought his wife Daniela Lavender as his date to the U.K. premiere of his new crime comedy Netflix movie 'The Thursday Murder Club' on Aug. 21 in London. The pair of actors have been married since 2007.