A soaring animated story receiving a live-action update tops the DVD releases for the week of Aug. 12.

“How to Train Your Dragon”: A young Viking boy breaks with culture by befriending and training a dragon in this update of the DreamWorks trilogy.

“With original writer/director Dean DeBlois behind the camera, this remake hews closely to the animated version, and lovingly maintains the elements that made audiences fall in love with the films in the first place,” writes Tribune News Service critic Katie Walsh in her review. “‘How to Train Your Dragon,’ in any form, remains one of our most heartening tales.”

New Aug. 12

“The Accountant 2”: The sequel to the 2016 film about an autistic accountant (Ben Affleck) who serves dangerous clients sees the protagonist team up with the feds and his

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