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Our guide to the best TV in July is divided into three sections: the best shows and movies to watch this month, the best shows to watch by streaming service, and a calendar of TV highlights. Whatever you're looking for, you'll find it below.
Just in time for Simone Biles' return to the Olympic stage, Netflix is going behind the scenes of her gymnastics comeback. The four-part docuseries Simone Biles Rising follows Biles both outside the gym and in it, as she opens up about mental health, withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics, and preparing for Paris. As Biles says in the trailer, "I get to write my own ending." -Kelly Connolly [Trailer]
In what is either an act of self-awareness or an extreme lack of self-awareness, Hollywood loves a good gladiator story. Next up in the ring is Those About to Die, which arrives on Peacock right before the Olympics just to maximize the cognitive dissonance of being alive. Saving Private Ryan screenwriter Robert Roldat, who developed the series, summed up its relevance to Entertainment Weekly, saying, "You have a whole society that is becoming trivialized by entertainment and degraded by goofy, trivial pursuits at the expense of basic virtues and providing for the material needs of the society." But this show's entertainment credentials are nothing to scoff at: Roland Emmerich directs half of the episodes, and Anthony Hopkins stars as Roman emperor Vespasian. -Kelly Connolly [Trailer]
Everything's getting adapted now, including The Decameron, Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th century short story collection. Why not! Plague literature never goes out of style. Netflix's version is described as a "wine-soaked sex romp" that turns into a survival story: Nobles in 1348 Florence take their servants to a grand villa to wait out the Black Death, and what begins as a lavish party gets dicey. Tony Hale, Zosia Mamet, and Saoirse-Monica Jackson star in the dark comedy series, which was created by Teenage Bounty Hunters' Kathleen Jordan and executive produced by Orange Is the New Black's Jenji Kohan. -Kelly Connolly [Teaser]
Everyone's getting into the Olympic spirit this July, including Netflix. The streamer is gearing up for the Paris Olympics with the four-part docuseries Simone Biles Rising, which follows the record-breaking gymnast as she also gears up for the Paris Olympics. For more athletic feats, you can watch some of the NFL's top receivers in Receiver, reunite with the karate kids of Cobra Kai, and enjoy Eddie Murphy's stunt driving (and helicopter flying) in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. Plus, the new dark comedy The Decameron sets out to make plagues fun. And for those of you who only got halfway through Lost the last time it was on Netflix, all six seasons of the mind-bending sci-fi mystery finally return to the streamer on July 1. Here's our list of the best shows and movies on Netflix in July, plus everything coming to and leaving Netflix in July.
July on Max is a mixed bag. From the Kristen Stewart-starring A24 crime romance Love Lies Bleeding to a new season of Hard Knocks focusing on the New York Giants to Faye, a documentary about Faye Dunaway, it's a "choose your adventure" kind of month. Other than that, there are some promising-sounding documentaries, like The Commandant's Shadow, about the son of the Auschwitz camp commandant whose life was dramatized in Jonathan Glazer's Oscar-winning film The Zone of Interest, and Wild Wild Space, about the rivalry between two rocket companies who are in competition to secure real estate in low Earth orbit. Here's our list of the best shows and movies on HBO and Max in July, plus everything coming to HBO and Max in July.
It's summertime, which means it's time to pack up the camping trailer and hit the road, and it seems like Hulu has already done that. Like most streamers this July, Hulu has a light schedule, which is always typical in the summer but especially in a summer with the Olympics, which is expected to dominate everyone's attention when it starts late in the month. But we'll always have time for Futurama, which returns for its twelfth season at the end of July. And if the Olympics have you thirsting for competition, why not watch the ultimate thirst competition, aka The Bachelorette? This season features Jenn Tran as its lead, and she makes history as the first Asian American Bachelorette in franchise history. Here's our list of the best shows and movies on Hulu in July, plus everything coming to Hulu in July.
July is looking awfully bare for quality new movie and TV show releases on Prime Video, but the streamer does have two new original films that might pass the time: Space Cadet, starring Emma Roberts as a party girl who lies her way into NASA's astronaut program, and My Spy: The Eternal City, the sequel to the family-friendly action movie that was a hit during the pandemic. But we might be being overly optimistic here. Also out this month is Sausage Party: Foodtopia, the TV series follow-up to the 2016 animated film Sausage Party, and Tyler Perry's Divorce in the Black. Here's our list of the best shows and movies on Amazon Prime Video in July, plus everything coming to Prime Video in July.
This July is all about the Olympics, and why not prep for the Olympics with more athletic spectacles? That's Peacock's strategy. The streamer's gladiator drama Those About to Die steps into the arena on July 18, shortly before NBC and Peacock's Olympics coverage kicks off at the end of the month. (Head here for more on how to watch the Paris Olympics.) But if you're in the mood to shake things up, Apple TV+ has a trio of exciting new series: the new dark comedy Sunny (July 10), starring Rashida Jones; the limited series Lady in the Lake (July 19), starring Natalie Portman; and the adventure series Time Bandits (July 24), created by Jemaine Clement, Iain Morris, and Taika Waititi, and starring Lisa Kudrow. If all that seems too smart, why not try the hilariously stupid parody The Real Bros of Simi Valley: High School Reunion on Roku Channel?
Scroll no more! To help, we've rounded up the best movies and TV shows to stream this week, including new arrivals, nostalgia-filled favorites, book-to-screen adaptations and more. For the week of July 29 to August 4, 2024, there are several streaming releases and live events worthy of a watch, including the first full week of The Paris Olympics.
Wes Ball, whose past projects include the Maze Runner trilogy, directs the latest film in the Planet of the Apes franchise. In Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, the apes have completely taken over and live in harmony, while humans hide in the shadows. When a new leader takes over and wants to end the human threat forever, an unlikely alliance forms between one human (The Witcher's Freya Allan) and a primate. The movie premieres on Hulu on August 2.
Elizabeth Taylor passed over a decade ago, but now viewers can hear the Hollywood icon's story in her own words. Newly recovered interviews of Taylor have given unprecedented insight into the star's life and are being shared in HBO's latest documentary. Describing the complexity of her life and the struggles she faced through her legendary career, Taylor's tapes provide viewers with a new side of the Cleopatra actress. Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes premieres on Max on August 3.
Prime Video's take on Batman is already hitting the headlines with Minnie Driver voicing a gender-swapped Penguin. The new animated series, Batman: Caped Crusader, centers around Bruce Wayne's quest for justice and the unexpected ramifications. Rated TV-14, this take on the DC hero is geared toward an older audience. All episodes of the show will be available to stream on August 1 via Prime Video.
ABC News Studio is releasing a second season of the docuseries, Betrayal, based on a popular true crime podcast. This season follows Ashley Lytton, a mother of three who accidentally discovers a sinister secret about her husband, Jason. The series follows the devastating series of events as Ashley and her family grapple with untangling a web of lies and truths. Betrayal: A Father's Secret premieres on Hulu on July 30.
Fry, Bender, Leela and the rest of the Planet Express gang are back for season 12 of Futurama. This is the second season debuting on Hulu since the revival of the beloved series. We don't know exactly what is in store for the crew of the interplanetary delivery service, but we imagine they will travel to new worlds and find themselves on hilarious adventures. New episodes of Futurama will drop on Mondays.
Fans of Project Runway will want to check out Dress My Tour. Eleven fashion designers will compete to see their dreams of creating a look for the world's biggest stars come true. Each week, Kate Upton will host as incredibly talented artists including JoJo Siwa, Ty Dolla $ign, Paula Abdul and Toni Braxton have fashion collections designed for their upcoming tours. But it's not just the prestige these designers are after: They can also win $100,000. All episodes of the first season of Dress My Tour dropped to Hulu on July 23.
Based on the 1981 film, Time Bandits is a new show coming to Apple TV+ created for television with the help of Taika Waititi. Starring Lisa Kudrow, Time Bandits follows Kevin (Kal-El Tuck) an 11-year-old history buff who accidentally goes back in time. Kevin must work with unlikely allies (a group of time-traveling thieves led by Kudrow's character) to get back to save his family and home. Rated PG, this is a series the whole family can enjoy. Time Bandits premiered on Apple TV+ on July 24.
Michael Keaton directs Knox Goes Away, an action-packed thriller starring Keaton, James Marsden, Al Pacino and Marcia Gay Harden. In the film, a professional hitman (Keaton) develops a rapid form of dementia with only weeks to live. When his son (Marsden) needs help clearing his name, the contract killer, who is losing his grasp of reality, must solve a case before the police do and before his time runs out. Knox Goes Away premiered on Max on July 26.
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