BERNIE ★★½

(Comcast Movie Collections: Just In) Jack Black dials back the boorishness to play Bernie Tiede, a real-life Texas funeral director and community pillar who in 1996 shot his aged companion (Shirley MacLaine) in the back. Richard Linklater directs it as a loopy black comedy with generous input from local “witnesses” — the movie’s bouncy, amusing, and wholly lacking in a point. With Matthew McConaughey. (PG-13; runs through Jan. 2)

CHIMPANZEE ★★★

(Comcast Movie Collections: Just In) DisneyNature’s “animal drama” has been whittled down from a wealth of wildlife footage into a pleasant, occasionally scary picture-book narrative aimed at 6-year-olds. Tim Allen provides jokey narration and lite-jazz songs bop along to images of frolicking baby chimps. The movie’s astonishing and blandly condescending, often in the same shot. (PG; runs through Jan. 6)

AHEAD OF TIME ★★½

(Showtime on Comcast) Documentarian Bob Richman explores journalist Ruth Gruber’s experiences helping to bring Jewish refugees to the United States during World War II, reporting from the Soviet Arctic in the mid-’30s, and becoming the world’s youngest Ph.D. at 20. Now in her late 90s, Gruber is a sharp, charming interview, but her portrait sometimes feels like a rough sketch. (Unrated; runs through Sept. 25)