The live-action remake of the animated film “How to Train Your Dragon” and a two-part, five-hour documentary on Billy Joel are some of the new TV shows and movies headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time for the week of July 14: The third and final season of “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”
“How to Train Your Dragon”
Movie theaters are crowded enough this summer that one recent box-office hit is already coming to homes. Universal Pictures’ “How to Train Your Dragon” hits premium video on demand on Tuesday, just 31 days after it debuted in cinemas. The live-action remake of the DreamWorks Animation dragon tale has surpassed $500 million in global ticket sales. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr raved: “Unlike so many live-action remakes of animated films, it also doesn’t feel superfluous, or, worse, like a poor imitation of its predecessor.” DETAILS
“Billy Joel: And So It Goes”
Billy Joel recently canceled his summer tour after being diagnosed with a brain disorder. But “Piano Man” fans can still get their Joel fix in “Billy Joel: And So It Goes,” a two-part, five-hour documentary. The first part will arrive on HBO and HBO Max on Friday, July 18, with the second part following on July 25. Directors Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin cover Joel’s life and career, with interviews with Joel, his family, his ex-wives and musicians including Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney. DETAILS
“Apocalypse in the Tropics”
Petra Costa’s “Apocalypse in the Tropics,” debuting this week on Netflix, documents the rise of the far right in Brazil. Costa’s follow-up to her Oscar-nominated “The Edge of Democracy” digs into the role of the evangelical movement in bringing former president Jair Bolsonaro to power. Bolsonaro is currently standing trial for an alleged coup attempt in 2023, a trial that U.S. President Donald Trump has called a “witch hunt.” DETAILS
“The Summer I Turned Pretty”
Are you Team Jellyfish or Team Bonrad? If you have no idea what that means, you probably don’t watch “The Summer I Turned Pretty.” The show returns for its third and final season on Wednesday on Prime Video. It’s about a young woman named Belly (Lola Tung) who is torn between two brothers, Jeremiah and Conrad, played by Gavin Casalegno and Christopher Briney. The series is based on a trilogy of books by Jenny Han. DETAILS
“Surf Girls: International”
In the second season of Prime Video’s “Surf Girls” series, cameras follow five up-and-coming female surfers who travel the globe to compete in the Challenger Series. “Surf Girls: International” focuses on both new and returning surfers that were featured in Season 1. A goal is to spotlight women in a sport that has often been skewed by sexism. All five episodes drop Thursday. Reese Witherspoon is an executive producer. DETAILS
“Untamed”
In the films “The Dry” and “Force of Nature: The Dry 2,” Eric Bana played a federal agent investigating murders in his native Australia. In the new Netflix series “Untamed,” Bana plays a U.S. law enforcement officer investigating the mysterious death of a woman at Yosemite National Park. Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Wilson Bethel also star. It premieres Thursday. DETAILS
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