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Netflix has its fair share of titles in the murder mystery genre, with the Knives Out franchise among its most popular releases. The streaming service is also about to treat fans to a brand-new film in the genre, The Thursday Murder Club. The upcoming murder mystery is based on British television presenter Richard Osman’s novel of the same name, and, …

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 longer young, and have them reel in an audience. A mystery about retirees who solve cold cases for fun, it is …

Dame Helen Mirren is all for women taking over the world — just not the world of James Bond. In a new interview with Saga magazine alongside her Thursday Murder Club costar Pierce Brosnan, the Oscar winner admitted she didn’t think the next James Bond star should be a woman. “I’m such a feminist, but James Bond has to be a guy,” Mirren …

Getty Images Dame Helen Mirren has said James Bond should be played by a man, even though she is “such a feminist”. In a new interview with Saga Magazine, the Oscar-winning actress said “you can’t have a woman. It just doesn’t work. James Bond has to be James Bond, otherwise it becomes something else”. Amazon MGM Studios will produce the …

Helen Mirren may play a retired spy in her new film “The Thursday Murder Club,” but the Oscar winner insists that the next James Bond “has to be a guy.” In a new interview with Saga Magazine (via BBC News) alongside her “Thursday Murder Club” co-star and former Bond actor Pierce Brosnan, Mirren said her character Elizabeth is a “more …