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...self-reference, and Malkovich duly delivers on this count. Malkovich, as Conway, as Kubrick, announces to another stooge that he will cast Malkovich as the lead role in the upcoming “3001: A Space Odyssey,” noting triumphantly, “He will redefine the astronaut!” Conway’s repeated confidence schemes drag on repetitively until there is no choice other than to develop a lackluster semblance of a plot. Frank Rich ’71 (played by William Hootkins) is fooled only temporarily by Conway, who Rich later realizes bears...
...reception in Pforzheimer House this past Friday. The event kicked off the Foundation’s annual Albert Einstein Science Conference: Advancing Minorities and Women in Science, Engineering and Mathematics, which took place on Saturday. Past Scientists of the Year have included Mae C. Jemison, the first black female astronaut, and Jaime Escalante, a mathematics teacher famous for training and encouraging Latinos in Los Angeles to take and pass the Advanced Placement Calculus exams. Olivera, a professor of biochemistry and neuroscience at the University of Utah, was born and raised in the Philippines, where he attended college. After completing doctoral...
...that Thornton plays his character highlights a pervasive disregard for the obvious rule that inspirational films require inspirational characters. The building of a rocket is treated with the emotional weight of building a boxcar derby. No doubt the “The Astronaut Farmer” will be touted as a feel good romp for the whole family. But when astronauts are so ordinary, what’s to feel good about...
...film aspires to be an inspirational drama, emphasizing that the united American family can tackle anything. The hollow nature of its interpersonal relationships, however, ensures that “The Astronaut Farmer” has no heart. Farmer’s wife Audie’s (Virginia Madsen) unwavering commitment to fulfilling wishes that are often detrimental to her family is so laughably consistent that it is without depth. The stagnancy of their relationship is further reinforced by the fact that Madsen and Thornton make as well-matched a pair as a Napa Valley wine tasting and a broken bottle...
Admittedly, “The Astronaut Farmer” has a certain forced charm. It features an uncommonly amusing cell phone ring and earns a few other good-natured laughs. Its earnest nature is at times compelling: it is refreshing to see a family film that lacks an ironical mocking of children beneath its surface. Still, filmmakers erred in naming one of the Farmers’ daughters Sunshine—seriously, trying too hard...