‘Labyrinth of Cinema’ Film Review: ‘Hausu’ Director Nobuhiko Obayashi Takes a Bow with Head-Spinning History Lesson

currently accused of sexually assaulting a minor.

Hallmark Christmas movie, a film that works best if you’re paying only half-attention to it while folding laundry or paying the bills.“Red Notice” opens in select theaters Nov. 5 and premieres on Netflix Nov. 12.

Richard Kuipers The ne plus ultra of Japanese maverick Nobuhiko Obayashi’s work as a surrealist and staunch anti-war advocate, the cult “House” director’s dizzying and frequently dazzling final feature is told through the adventures of four young people who are magically transported into the movies themselves.

too malevolent at times, and a few of the characters — like Violet’s volatile brother (Todd Stashwick, “Love, Weddings and Other Disasters”) and manipulative aunt (Bonnie Bedelia) — are more broadly sketched than others. But overall, Bateman has gathered an unusually strong cast for both larger and smaller roles.

“Army of the Dead,” traces over that previous movie without ever improving or even just replicating its lighter elements, especially its chases and safecracking shenanigans.Starring and directed by “Army of the Dead” cast member Matthias Schweighöfer, “Army of Thieves” serves as an origin story for awkward German safecracker Ludwig Dieter (Schweighöfer) who, six years before “Army of the Dead,” was just Sebastian, a nebbish Leo Bloom–type bureaucrat.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVMore than a decade after Brittany Murphy died, director Cynthia Hill wants to give the actor a chance to “be something other than her death.”“We’re doing a lot of looking back to reevaluate missteps and to be able to talk about people like Britney Spears and Brittany Murphy, who have been victimized by Hollywood, by the gossip industry,” Hill tells Variety.