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 Gold & Greed tells the story of Forrest Fenn, who hid a treasure chest worth millions of dollars in the American Rocky Mountains and decided to go on a treasure hunt in 2010. After watching the three-part documentary, I realized how privileged it is that people can stop working, indulge their fantasies, and go out and hunt for treasure. What amuses me most is that the hunt lasted for about a decade, and some people became completely obsessed with it. Some did it out of greed; others to break the monotony of their lives and feel liberated; and others for the thrill. I mean, this would only have been possible in a developed country where people didn't have to worry about their daily survival.  If this treasure hunt had been organized in an underdeveloped country, first of all, the organizer would surely have been kidnapped, and if not, I'm sure the government would have imprisoned him for causing unnecessary inconvenience and fuss. I don't deny that any child dreams of a...

 In Holland's ending, both Dave and Nancy posed the same question: "Was it even real?" The film's opening and closing credits were eerily similar, save for the fact that Fred Vandergroot, Nancy's husband, disappeared from her life. Yes, Nancy killed him... she smashed his head in and blew his brains out with the white clog, which was part of her traditional folk dances. This footwear could symbolize the shiny shackles that Fred and men like him had placed on the town's women to make them their prisoners, only they weren't truly aware of the true nature of their imprisonment. The miniature diorama in Fred's house explored the film's recurring themes of individual freedom and gender roles, similar to Ibsen's play "A Doll's House." But the question that still lingers at the end is: Did Nancy really find a way out, or is she still trapped in someone else's dollhouse? And the most important question of all: how much of the film...

 Netflix's Dead Talents Society is a Taiwanese horror-comedy that focuses on the daily struggles of ghosts whose afterlife is anything but easy. The Newbie was a recently deceased young woman trying to understand the afterlife with her best friend, Camilla. They were often called the "little ones" because they lacked the talent to scare humans. They survived on offerings from their families and preferred to stay out of the spotlight. But things changed when the Newbie started experiencing glitches.  It turned out that if the ghost's families got rid of any of their prized possessions, they only had one month to completely disappear. The "Hard Work" certificate was their most prized possession, and their sister had accidentally thrown it away along with other recyclables. This caused the glitch, and the only way the Newbie could stop the disintegration process was to obtain a Haunting License and sign up to become a terrifying ghost forever. The Rookie auditi...

 The 2025 French Netflix documentary series, From Rock Star to Killer, or From Rockstar to Tueur: Le Cas Cantat, offers an intriguing perspective on a high-profile case that shocked French society in 2003. It focuses on the popular French musician and singer Bertrand Cantat, who is also a convicted murderer. While From Rock Star to Killer begins with a subtle hint that Cantat didn't receive the punishment he truly deserved, the three-part documentary series successfully establishes in the end how society and the law remain incapable of protecting women and valuing their lives. From Rock Star to Killer begins with the events of July 26, 2003, when a woman named Marie Trintignant was hospitalized in Vilnius, Lithuania, with numerous horrific injuries. As doctors had to immediately induce a coma, people in France were shocked to learn of this incident, as Marie was not an ordinary woman, but a popular actress in France.  Stars: Lio, Anne-Sophie Jahn, Michelle Fines Marie Trintign...

 If you were to throw a bucket in Hollywood today, you could easily find a dozen video game adaptations in development, either as TV series or movies. They're all vying for the same thing: critical acclaim, huge box office revenue, or a sudden surge in streaming subscribers thanks to established fandoms. But it's a long shot: Will they become a "Borderlands" movie flop or a "Last of Us" hit? Next month, Legendary Entertainment, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Microsoft are going for box office gold with a different kind of game-to-movie adaptation: "A Minecraft Movie." Director: Jared Hess Writers: Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener Stars: Jennifer Coolidge, Jason Momoa, Emma Myers For the uninitiated, Microsoft-owned "Minecraft" is a sandbox game that immerses players in the Overworld, a whimsical dimension made up of blocky, box-like voxels. There's no single story or single way to play: users can craft items, build structures, ba...

 Karan Soni and Jonathan Groff star in Roshan Sethi's queer love story between a reserved Indian-American doctor and a white photographer who unexpectedly share a culture. The title gem isn't exactly who you'd expect in "A Nice Indian Boy," a romantic comedy that brings a welcome queer perspective to that substantial subgenre of love stories entangled in Indian social mores and intergenerational family politics. In many films of this ilk, Naveen (Karan Soni) would be the ideal match for a female lead: handsome, articulate, and a practicing physician. His homosexuality casts him in the less traditionally masculine role of the man seeking a suitor; that his "nice Indian boy" is actually Jay (Jonathan Groff), a white man raised in Naveen's culture, is the most complicating factor in director Roshan Sethi's brilliant and generous, if overly tidy, third feature. Director: Roshan Sethi Writers: Eric Randall, Madhuri Shekar Stars: Karan Soni, Jonathan G...

 Michael Shannon's directorial debut, "Eric LaRue," masterfully unravels how the son's sins impact both father and mother in his adaptation of Brett Neveu's 2002 play of the same name. Judy Greer and Alexander Skarsgård play two parents whose teenage son, invisible until the film's final moments, murdered three classmates in a school shooting. In the aftermath of the violence, the two are forced to rebuild their small community. Greer's Janice aimlessly wonders how much she is to blame for her serial killer son's actions, while her husband finds solace in joining a new church and forming a close friendship with his fellow congregant and human resources executive, played by a completely unhinged Alison Pill. Their entire on-screen suburban community is built on the mundanity of conformity, with Janice's job at a large supermarket chain next to Big Lots and her husband's penchant for drinking beer alone at Sizzlin' Sallies. Director: Michael ...