Being a huge fan of John Cusack I watched Pushing Tin in the theaters when it first came out. I wasn't that impressed by it, and sort of forgot about it over the years. I was loaned the DVD, and with the wonderful cast staring back at me from the cover, I knew I had to give it another chance.

I'm always into movies that show us careers that you don't see in the movies all the time. I'm sick to death of ad executives and architects being the main occupation of movies about "normal" folks. It was fun to see a behind-the-scenes look at what air traffic controllers go through. The stress it puts on their life. I liked the chemistry between Cusack and Billy Bob Thorton, as they jockey for top spot. The relationship stuff with the women kind of brings the rest of the film down. It's something we've all seen a million times before. I'm glad I gave the film another chance, it was worth watching again, but I don't know if I'll ever bother again.

I've become a big fan of the Polish brother's films; Northfork in particular. They've got a very weird sensibility; making films quite unlike anyone else. That itself is something that attracts me to any filmmaker. But they've got a wonderful style to go along with it.

I was highly anticipating The Astronaut Farmer. Excited to see what they could do with a Hollywood budget. I didn't get a chance to see it in the theater, and Blockbuster took forever to get a copy in that I could rent. But the wait was worth it.

It's a sort-of fairytale for adults; with you-can-do-whatever-you-put-your-mind-to morale to it. Billy Bob gives a good performance and it was nice to see Virgina Madison play a wife that gets her whole family behind her husband's cooky ideas, usually they play the wet-rag. It's not a perfect film, and if you watch it from a "realistic" view-point, you're not going to like it. But if you leave your mind open to the idea, you should have a good time with it, and come away a little more optimistic.