Friday, August 23, 4:30 p.m. Movie: The Astronaut Farmer (2007). Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen, Bruce Dern, Tim Blake Nelson. An astronaut-in-training has to leave NASA (to save the family farm) but just can’t give up on his dream of shooting into space, even if he has to do it all by himself. And that will of course get everyone up in arms, from his wife to his banker to the town gossips to the media and the Department of Homeland Security. Rated PG. Closed-captioning available.