I chose to take on The Thursday Murder Club solely based on its cast. Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie appeared to make a perfect team, and I couldn’t imagine anything Mirren ...

In the tradition of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and a flood of other geezer films, The Thursday Murder Club knows exactly what it is: a way to bring together a group of stars who are, let's say, no ...

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley play retirees-turned-amateur sleuths in the Netflix movie “The Thursday Murder Club,” directed by Chris Columbus (“Mrs. Doubtfire,” among many others).

It’s easy to smile at “The Thursday Murder Club,” with its veteran performers chewing the scenery and still having the teeth to do it. Does that sound ageist? It might, if the charms of this ...