You can film a profound documentary about a man finding what makes him happy and pursuing it towards greatness, but throwing in a few philosophical musings about similarities between sports and life and the perfection of both won’t fix the structural issues that keep it from pursuing any one point to a satisfying conclusion. The Back Nine sets out to follow Jon Fitzgerald’s journey from his midlife crisis onward as he decides to pursue his dream of going pro with his golf game, and he uses it as a platform to better himself in a number of ways while balancing it with his increasingly complicated family life. Through all of this he struggles to keep the film festival he helped to found (Slam Dance) on track and resolve his paternal issues (with both his biological father and step-father) – sound like a disconnected documentary? It should, because none of...
- 1/7/2011
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
A look at what's new on DVD today:
"Gasland" (2010)
Directed by Josh Fox
Released by New Video Group
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Released by Mpi Home Video
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...
"Gasland" (2010)
Directed by Josh Fox
Released by New Video Group
"Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work"
Directed by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg
Released by Mpi Home Video
"Exit Through the Gift Shop" (2010)
Directed by Banksy
Released by Oscilloscope Laboratories
If you haven't caught up on the year's best documentaries in time to fill out your top 10 list, three of them will be hitting DVD shelves this week, beginning with Josh Fox's Sundance award-winning "Gasland," an exploration of the "hydraulic fracturing" going on in own backyard, a type of drilling that has spread to 34 states in the U.S. and has left a host of reservoirs of toxic waste and frequent gas explosions along the way. For something less serious, but equally compelling, there is also Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg's "Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work," which follows the...
- 12/12/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
<p><img class="Image-Left" src="http://www.justpressplay.net/images/stories/DVDcovers/thebacknine.jpg" alt="thebacknine" width="200" />Like golf? Like movies about golf? Have you watched <em>Tin Cup</em>, <em>Caddyshack</em> and <em>Happy Gilmore</em> to exhaustion? Then settle in and enter JustPressPlay's giveaway of <em>The Back Nine</em> on DVD. Hitting shelves December 14th, <em>The Back Nine</em> tells the tale of an aged novice golfer who dares to dream about turning pro, and JustPressPlay is offering two readers a chance to win it on DVD.</p> <p>After turning 40, a novice golfer accepts the challenge to chase his dream of playing professional golf. With his passion for the sport, the right team, training schedule and commitment, will he have his chance? Featuring interviews with PGA Instructor Tim Suzor (<em>Kinetic Golf Academy</em>), Golf Yoga Instructor Katherine Roberts (<em>Yoda for Golfers</em>) and Mental Game Expert Dr. Joe Parent (<em>Zen Golf, Zen Putting</em>), Jon Fitzgerald proves that it’s never too late to reach for the stars.</p> <p><strong>To win, you just have to...
- 12/2/2010
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
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