Spotlight REVIEW Review: 'Only Murders' returns with a Hollywood splash BRUCE R. MILLER Aug 29, 2024 Aug 29, 2024 Updated Mar 29, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save It was only a matter of time before the gang from “Only Murders in the Building” hit Hollywood.kAm!@DD6DD:?8 32?E6C E92E H2D 3@C? @? 2 w@==JH@@5 D6E[ |2CE:? $9@CE[ $E6G6 |2CE:? 2?5 $6=6?2 v@>6K =@@< C:89E 2E 9@>6 :? E96 7@FCE9 D62D@? @7 E96 wF=F 4@>65J]k^Am Steve Martin, Selena Gomez and Martin Short are surprised when they meet the actors playing them in a movie version of "Only Murders in the Building." Eric McCandless/Disney kAm%96C6[ E96 E9C66 2C6 A:E4965 2 7:=> 32D65 @? 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E96J 25>:E “H6’G6 366? G6CJ =F4<J H:E9 A6@A=6 5J:?8 :? @FC 3F:=5:?8”X[ :E 4@F=5 F?C2G6= :? :?E6C6DE:?8 H2JD]k^Am kAm~3G:@FD=J[ H6 9@A6 C68F=2CD =:<6 }2E92? {2?6 EFC? FA] qFE :7 J@F’C6 =@@<:?8 7@C 2 A@E6?E:2= DFDA64E[ 36 DFC6 E@ D4@A6 @FE E96 A2CEJ E9C@H? :? E96:C 9@?@C] %96 C@@> :D 7:==65 H:E9 24E@CD H9@ H@F=5 <:== 7@C 2 A2CE]k^AmkAmk6>m“~?=J |FC56CD :? E96 qF:=5:?8” 2:CD @? wF=F]k^6>mk^Am Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | SoundStack Bruce Miller is editor of the Sioux City Journal. Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story REVIEW: Meryl Streep helps 'Only Murders in the Building' lean into Broadway roots Meryl Streep doesn’t have a problem blending in. 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