In 2003, Mark and Michael Polish made Northfork, though just barely. The brothers — who are also responsible for art-house fave Twin Falls Idaho, about conjoined twins who fall for the same woman — ...

"The Astronaut Farmer" is the story of one man's attempt to launch a rocket into space out of his own backyard farm. It's an American tale of living in a fantasy world and going against all odds when ...

OK, don’t make a mistake: this isn’t really a movie about space. The Astronaut Farmer is the quintessential American Story. That’s right; it’s the classic, archetypical, consummate, perfected American ...

"The Astronaut Farmer" is a surefire test of our ability to believe in anyone with a dream -- including a soft-spoken Texan who figures if he points his homemade rocket in the right direction and ...

Sorry, Billy Bob Thornton, but Sheriff Andy Taylor of Mayberry made it into outer space almost 30 years before you did in his own homegrown space capsule. Andy ...

After 20 years of playing salacious characters in eccentric films, Billy Bob Thornton and Virginia Madsen are breaking into the mainstream. Thornton, who is also a writer and director, received his ...

This family film about a former astronaut determined to get into space on his own was made by the sibling team of Michael and Mark Polish (they wrote and Michael directed), normally creators of ...

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"The Astronaut Farmer" is a surefire test of our ability to believe in anyone with a dream including a soft-spoken Texan who figures if he points his homemade rocket in the right direction and juices ...

Like many independent filmmakers before them, the Polish Brothers have moved on to making a picture for a major studio. And, like many of their predecessors, their big studio picture doesn’t connect ...

The fourth film from Mark and Michael Polish will very likely alienate fans of their earlier work, who will wonder what became of their rueful inscrutability and scoff at the cornpone, ...