A Brian Cox and Kate Beckinsale movie and a new murder mystery series – what to watch this week

Monday, July 03

Unknown: The Lost Pyramid, Netflix 

In the desert sands of Saqqara, the latest hotspot of Egyptian archaeology, two of the world’s most famous Egyptologists seek to unearth ancient treasures. The legendary Dr Zahi Hawass hunts for the long-lost pyramid of a forgotten Egyptian king while his protege and rival, Dr Mostafa Waziri, searches for an unlooted tomb in an ancient necropolis. Both teams race against the clock to see who will make the bigger discovery and make their mark in history.

Tuesday, July 04

Prisoner’s Daughter, Prime Video

Kate Beckinsale and Succession’s Brian Cox star in this film about a terminally ill prisoner who gets to spend his final few weeks under house arrest with his estranged daughter and her 12-year-old son.

Wednesday, July 05

The Watchful Eye, Disney+ 

Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, manoeuvres her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan, where she quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives.

Thursday, July 06

The Lincoln Lawyer Season 2, Part 1, Netflix

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI0C81p7vKI

The Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), is an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. Based on the series of bestselling novels by renowned author Michael Connelly, season two is based on the fourth book in The Lincoln Lawyer series, The Fifth Witness. Part 1 launches July 6 and Part 2 launches August 3 only on Netflix.

Friday, July 07

Then You Run, Sky Max/NOW TV

 

Then You Run follows a group of close-knit rebellious London teenagers on a getaway in Rotterdam – but after the estranged father of Tara (Lea McNamara) is discovered dead, they find themselves on the run across Europe with three kilos of heroin and a host of deadly criminals snapping at their heels. 

Saturday, July 08

The Horrors of Dolores Roach, Prime Video

After an unjust 16-year prison sentence, Dolores Roach (Justina Machado) returns to a gentrified Washington Heights, where she reunites with an old stoner friend, Luis, who lets her live and work as a masseuse in the basement under his empanada shop. When the promise of her newfound stability is quickly threatened, “Magic Hands” Dolores is driven to shocking extremes to survive.

Sunday, July 09

The Hate U Give, Disney+

Starr Carter is constantly switching between two worlds: the poor, mostly black, neighbourhood where she lives and the rich, mostly white, prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Now, facing pressures from all sides of the community, Starr must find her voice and stand up for what’s right. Based on the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller by Angie Thomas with Amandla Stenberg as Starr.

Photography by Sky.