AMC+, Shudder, Acorn TV: best new shows & films streaming this week

AMC+, Shudder, Acorn TV: new this week

Harry Wild (24 November) – Acorn TV

• Genre: Crime, Comedy, Drama
• Format: Series

After an apparent poisoning occurs at Vicky and Cormac’s wedding, Harry springs into action, alongside the FBI. But when the assassin’s target flees, Harry and Fergus find themselves in the crosshairs of their most dangerous adversary yet.

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Inside (17 November) – Acorn TV

The new season of this Welsh prison drama continues to explore the lives of those on both sides of the prison walls and how new dynamics affect their relationships and survival. Inmate Barry is trying to maintain control as staff and inmates disrupt his unit, while a new, dangerous inmate named Kit Brennan arrives and forms a tentative alliance with Barry. Watch the trailer.

The Ugly Stepsister (17 November) – Shudder

A sinister twist on the classic Cinderella story, The Ugly Stepsister follows Elvira as she prepares to earn the prince’s affection at any cost. In a kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will compete with the beautiful and enchanting Agnes to become the belle of the ball. Watch the trailer.

A Remarkable Place to Die (17 November) – Acorn TV

After losing his beloved wife Julia to tragedy, renowned marine biologist Martin Field leaves his old life behind and moves his rebellious teenage son and daughter to his childhood home in Simon’s Town to begin again.

With Julia’s memory as his driving force, he pours his heart into setting up a conservation trust to protect the marine life along the False Bay coast. Will he find calm in these waters or does his past hide painful secrets beneath the surface?

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Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (5 November)

• Genre: Anime
• Format: Series

In this world a goddess bestows each person with a class and skills that will determine one’s life direction. Despite being born the son of a Sword Princess and an Archmage, Arel has not received a class or skills. So, Arel must rely on his own grit, determination and natural talents to pursue and achieve greatness, becoming a new kind of hero.

Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! is directed by Kaoru Yabana along with writing by Chabo Higurashi and production by Studio A-Cat.

Bad Girl (5 November)

• Genre: Anime
• Format: Series

Yu Yutani is a first-year high school student with sharp eyes, large piercings and flashy two-tone hair. She’s become notorious as a bad girl but she’s really not. At heart, Yu is an incredibly good girl, but her mind is always full of thoughts of the beautiful and popular Atori Mizutori, the school’s Madonna and head of the student disciplinary committee.

Bad Girl is directed by Jōji Furuta together with writing by Shōji Yonemura and production by Bridge. 

My Gift Lvl 9999 Unlimited Gacha: Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon, I’m Out for Revenge! (19 November)

• Genre: Anime
• Format: Series

An exciting mix of fantasy, action, adventure, drama, revenge and magic. God created nine races in the ancient times. Humans were the weakest and most ridiculed among them. Light, a human boy, was fortunate enough to be invited to join a party of all nine races called the Assembly of the Races. After surviving by himself at the bottom of Abyss, Light learns the true meaning of his gift, ‘Unlimited Gacha’. Light will rise from the worst despair to build his own empire of the strongest players. 

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