Watch Amazon’s digital
dystopian drama Dark/Web
From 19 JulyNear-future dystopias are very “now”. The Beeb’s brilliantYears
and Yearsis streaming until late August atbit.ly/years479, while
Netflix’sBlack Mirrorhas reachedSeason 5 atbit.ly/mirror479,
andThe Handmaid’s Taleis halfway through Season 3 atbit.ly/
handmaid479. Now Amazon’s eight-part sci-fi thrillerDark/Web
goes even darker, as it imagines a future where all our lives are
online, connected andultimately doomed.
Each episode explores a new digital danger – a bit likeBlack
Mirrorbut with the samestory andcast throughout. It starts with
the disappearance of whizz-kid programmer Molly, who has
uncovered secrets about impending tech armageddon. Where is
she, andwill her friends manageto decodeher cryptic notes?
Dark/Web’strailer has no answers but it gives a sense of the
show’s high-tech low-light tension:bit.ly/darkweb479.
Supporting actors includeXanderandGlory fromBuffyandthe
opera-singing baddie fromThe Goonies. Writer Mario Miscione
also has a cultish CV, including the thrillerCircle(bi t.ly/circle479).
Dark/Webarrives on Amazon on 19 July, andgets a special
screening at San Diego’s Comic-Con, alongwith a cast andcrew
panel. Find out more atwww.facebook.com/darkwebshow.Pick of the fortnight
Rip your bodice for Season 3
ofHarlots
From11 July
This bawdy romp through the
brothels of 18th-century London
has reachedits third season, with
new episodes arriving weekly on
Amazon’s StarzPlay channeljust after
they broadcast on Hulu in the US.
Brit actresses Lesley Manville and
Samantha Morton lead the cast, joined
byGame of Thrones’ Alfie Allen, who
plays an ambitious pimp. Get to know
the characters on the Harlots Wiki
(bit.ly/harlotswiki479), andwatch the
latest trailer atbit.ly/harlots479.
New episodes, as well as Seasons 1
and2, are on StarzPlay atbit.ly/
harlotsstarz479. StarzPlay costs £4.99 a
month plus£7.99 for Prime, so we hope
Harlotsfollows Hulu stablematesThe
Handmaid’s TaleandBrooklyn Nine-
Nineonto Channel4’s free All 4 website.Join a school for assassins
inDeadly Class
From 19 JulyIt’s a busy fortnight for StarzPlay, which
has grabbed the UK rights to this new
comic-book adaptation set in a posh
school for youngassassins in the 1980s
(what else?). The 10-episode first
season, which stars Benedict Wong
(State of Play) as the mini murderers’
mentor, arrives as a boxset on 19 July.Find out more about the comics at
bit.ly/deadlycomic479, andwatch the
show’s official trailer atbit.ly/deadly479.Watch Netflix’s new action
filmPoint Blank
From 12 July
Netflix’s latest film is a
gripping action thriller
starring Anthony
Mackie(The Hurt
Locker) as an A&E
nurse whose wife is
kidnapped, and
whose only hopeis
help from a badly-
injured criminal
(Frank Grillo from
Prison Break). See the
trailer for free, and
watchPoint Blankin full with a Netflix
subscription, atbit.ly/pointflix479.
If you’d rather stick with Lee Marvin’s
1967 classic movie of the samename,
you can watch it for free on YouTube,
albeit withPortuguese subtitles:
bit.ly/pointmarvin479.20 10 - 23 July 2019