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an aspiring actor and drag per-
former (Thomas Duplessie) who
has moved in with his grand-
mother (Cloris Leachman) in Ca-
nadian wine country. Although
the story is somewhat “simplis-
tic,” according to Variety, Leach-
man’s “senile yet still tart-
tongued” character “lends the
film a certain unforced gravitas
that provides compensational re-wards.” Unrated. Available on
iTunes/Apple TV Plus, Amazon,
Google Play, Vudu, Vimeo, Di-
recTV and Dish/Dish Digital and
through local cable satellite pro-
viders. 90 minutes.
An anxious shut-in (Geno
Walker) unwittingly moves into a
haunted apartment in “Night’s
End,” a horror film that also fea-
tures Michael Shannon (“KnivesOut”). Although the film’s direc-
tor, Jennifer Reeder, was included
on “Parasite” director Bong Joon-
ho’s list of 20 directors pivotal to
the future of cinema, Flickering
Myth says the movie “consistently
goes nowhere, with characters
bringing up aspects of their lives
and the tragic history of the
apartment that also has no bear-
ing on the story at hand.” Unrat-ed. Available on Shudder. 81 min-
utes.
Based on Charlotte Perkins Gil-
man’s acclaimed 1892 short story
about a woman’s descent into
madness, “The Yellow Wallpa-
per” tells the story of a young
mother (Alexandra Loreth) who
has been prescribed rest treat-
ment by her physician husband
(Joe Mullins), and who becomes
obsessed with the wallpaper in
the bedroom he has chosen for
her. Film Festival Today calls it a
“blunt and uninspired take on the
classic horror short story.” Unrat-
ed. Available on demand. 99 min-
utes.
Adèle Exarchopoulos (“Blue Is
the Warmest Color”) stars in
“Ze ro F---s Given,” a French film
centering on a flight attendant for
a European budget airline. The
film’s v ulgar title, according to the
Hollywood Reporter, “sums up
the attitude of the film’s protago-
nist, Cassandre, for the majority
of this strange and charming de-
but feature by directors Emman-
uel Marre and Julie Lecoustre.”
Unrated. Available on demand.
In French with subtitles. 115 min-
utes.New movies available online
BY MICHAEL O'SULLIVAN
When the teaser trailer came
out for something called “Cliff
Beasts 6: The Battle for Everest,” a
“Jurassic Park”-like dinosaur ac-
tion-adventure sequel starring
Keegan-Michael Key and Karen
Gillan, it looked kind of cheesy-
great, despite the fact that no one
had ever heard of “Cliff Beasts”
Nos. 1 through 5. Later, when a
second trailer made clear that
“Beasts” was merely a fake film
within a film — part of a behind-
the-scenes pandemic moviemak-
ing comedy by Judd Apatow
called “The Bubble” — that other
movie also looked potentially hi-
larious. But the finished product
is not. Shot during the pandemic,
and reportedly inspired by the
making of “Jurassic World Do-
minion,” whose cast and crew
were famously sequestered due to
covid-19 restrictions, “The Bub-
ble” is a crudely unfunny satire of
Hollywood that comes across as
both overly broad and overly in-
sider-y. If it’s meant to evoke
circumstances recognizable to or-
dinary humans, it fails, with jokes
centering on a cast of coddled and
egocentric characters holed up in
an expensive hotel in England
while seeking sexual hookups
and having narcissistic melt-
downs. On paper, the cast is a
great one, including Fred Armis-
en, Iris Apatow, Maria Bakalova,
David Duchovny, Leslie Mann,
Kate McKinnon and Pedro Pascal,
and featuring celebrity cameos by
Beck, James McAvoy and others.
But aside from some very small
delights — such as newcomer
Harry Trevaldwyn, a comedian
Apatow discovered on Instagram,
who plays the production’s covid
supervisor — “The Bubble” is far
less entertaining than what little
we get to see of “Cliff Beasts 6.” R.
Available on Netflix. Contains
crude language throughout, sex-
ual material, drug use and some
violence. 126 minutes.Also streaming
“Ju mp, Darling” is the story ofNETFLIX
Karen Gillan stars in “The Bubble,” a behind-the-scenes pandemic moviemaking comedy by Judd Apatow.MUBI
Adèle Exarchopoulos stars as a flight attendant
in the French film “Zero F---s Given .”ABBI CHASE/SHUDDER
Geno Walker pl ays an anxious shut-in who finds himself living
in a haunted apartment in the ho rror film “Night’s End.”MUTINY PICTURES/HYSTERIA PICTURES
Alexandra Loreth stars as a c onfined young mother in
“The Yellow Wallpape r,” based on the 1892 short story.BREAKING GLASS PICTURES
Thomas Duplessie, right, plays an aspiring performer who moves in with his grandmother (Cloris
Leachman) in “Jump, Darling.” Variety says Leachman adds a “certain unforced gravitas” to the film.