Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Brent Jay Spiner (/ˈspaɪnər/, born February 2, 1949, height 5' 10" (1,78 m)) is an American actor, best known for his portrayal of the android Lieutenant Commander Data in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation and four subsequent films. His portrayal of Data in Star Trek: First Contact and of Dr. Brackish Okun in Independence Day, both in 1996, earned him a Saturn Award and Saturn Award nomination respectively. He has also enjoyed a career in the theatre and as a musician. Brent Jay Spiner was born February 2, 1949 in Houston, Texas to Sylvia and Jack Spiner, who owned a furniture store. After his father's death, Spiner was adopted by Sylvia's second husband, Sol Mintz, whose surname he used between 1955 and 1975. Spiner was raised Jewish. He attended Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas. Spiner became active on the Bellaire Speech team, winning the national championship in dramatic interpretation. He attended the University of Houston where he performed in local theatre.
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Birthday: February 02, 1949
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1994-11-18
Overview: Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soran's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-11-18
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1996-11-22
Overview: The Borg, a relentless race of cyborgs, are on a direct course for Earth. Violating orders to stay away from the battle, Captain Picard and the crew of the newly-commissioned USS Enterprise E pursue the Borg back in time to prevent the invaders from changing Federation history and assimilating the galaxy.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-22
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1998-12-11
Overview: When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-11
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2002-12-13
Overview: En route to the honeymoon of William Riker to Deanna Troi on her home planet of Betazed, Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise receives word from Starfleet that a coup has resulted in the installation of a new Romulan political leader, Shinzon, who claims to seek peace with the human-backed United Federation of Planets. Once in enemy territory, the captain and his crew make a startling discovery: Shinzon is human, a slave from the Romulan sister planet of Remus, and has a secret, shocking relationship to Picard himself.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-13
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1996-06-25
Overview: Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-25
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2004-12-17
Overview: A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-17
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2006-08-18
Overview: Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-18
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1994-08-12
Overview: When Manny Singer's wife dies, his young daughter Molly becomes mute and withdrawn. To help cope with looking after Molly, he hires sassy housekeeper Corrina Washington, who coaxes Molly out of her shell and shows father and daughter a whole new way of life. Manny and Corrina's friendship delights Molly and enrages the other townspeople.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-08-12
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2000-05-07
Overview: Toymaker Geppetto is desperate for a son, so he is overjoyed when a wooden puppet boy, Pinocchio, is magically brought to life. However, the relationship between father and son soon sours, and Pinocchio runs away to join a travelling puppet show. This forces Geppetto to realise how much he loves Pinocchio, and he sets out on an eventful journey to find him.
Genres: Drama Family Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-07
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2008-03-28
Overview: Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass.
Genres: Comedy Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-28
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2010-09-17
Overview: Dave, a young photon, who is forced out of the Sun on a journey of discovery. He must get to the Cassini Space Craft and save it from the forces of the Void, only Dave does not know exactly what he must do or even where the Cassini Space craft is or what it is. The forces of the Void must destroy Cassini before it sends its great discoveries back to Earth and Dave is the only thing that stands between them and victory.
Genres: Family Animation Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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1999-06-30
Overview: In this feature film based on the hit animated series, the third graders of South Park sneak into an R-rated film by ultra-vulgar Canadian television personalities Terrance and Phillip, and emerge with expanded vocabularies that leave their parents and teachers scandalized. When outraged Americans try to censor the film, the controversy spirals into a call to wage war on Canada and Terrance and Phillip end up on death row, with the kids their only hope of rescue.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-30
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1996-07-05
Overview: An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Genres: Drama Romance Science Fiction Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-05
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1982-10-01
Overview: Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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2002-08-02
Overview: After the patriarch of the Disguisey family is kidnapped by Devlin Bowman in an attempt to steal the most precious treasures from around the world, Italian waiter Pistachio Disguisey utilizes his supernatural ability to disguise himself in an attempt to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-08-02
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1980-09-26
Overview: While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-26
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2023-04-19
Overview: Get ready to send off Jean-Luc Picard and his crew in style! On Wednesday, April 19, experience the last two episodes of Star Trek: Picard in IMAX, followed by a live-streamed Q&A with the cast of the show. In the epic, thrilling conclusion of "Star Trek: Picard," a desperate message from a long-lost friend draws Starfleet legend Admiral Jean-Luc Picard into the most daring mission of his life, forcing him to recruit allies spanning generations old and new. This final adventure sets him on a collision course with the legacy of his past and explosive, new revelations that will alter the fate of the Federation forever.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-19
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1997-10-18
Overview: Denise Crosby takes a first look at the huge fans of "Star Trek" from around America and how the series has affected and shaped their lives.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-10-18
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1997-07-02
Overview: Care-free Charlie cons his widower brother-in-law Herb into an expenses-paid luxury cruise in search of rich, lonely ladies. The catch is that they are required to be dance hosts! With a tyrannical cruise director, and the luscious Liz and lovely Vivian, our heroes have lots of mis-adventures before they finally return to port.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-02
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1995-03-13
Overview: An engineering team finds evidence of an alien presence on Earth in 19th century San Francisco: Data's severed head, buried five hundred years ago. An investigation inadvertently sends Data back to 19th century San Francisco, where he meets Jack London, Mark Twain, and a younger version of the long lived Guinan. Following Data back in time the crew of the Enterprise must locate Data and prevent his death while stopping the enigmatic Devidians from destroying Earth's history.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-13
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1992-01-25
Overview: Produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (lead writer, Mark Bourne), the exhibit was originally developed to coincide with both the 25th anniversary and the 1992 International Space Year, before becoming a touring exhibition and undertaking an extensive North American tour in September of that year.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-25
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1992-12-14
Overview: Tensions rise as a possible Cardassian attack looms, and Picard, Dr. Crusher and Worf are sent on a secret mission to find and destroy suspected biological weapons. The headstrong replacement captain, Edward Jellico, is cold and demanding - to the dismay of the remaining crew. But when Picard is captured by the Cardassians and tortured for information, dismay turns to anger and resistance as Jellico's plans exclude a rescue mission. With his options running out, Picard must fight to save his sanity and ultimately, his life.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-14
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1994-05-15
Overview: Your destination: the 24th century. Your mission: to voyage where few have gone before--behind the scenes of Star Trek: The Next Generation! Join Jonathan Frakes, Next Generation's Commander William Riker, for this fascinating chronicle of Gene Roddenberry's beloved, Emmy Award-winning series. You'll explore the Enterprise, meet the show's stars (and some villainous guest stars), learn special-effects secrets and makeup magic, and finally get the answer to that nagging question, "Where is the bathroom on the Enterprise?" Other highlights include a visit to a Star Trek convention, and a stop at the scoring stage to watch Marina Sirtis (Lt. Commander Deanna Troi) lead the orchestra in a recording session. This program concludes with a special look at the series' thrilling final episode ("All Good Things . . .") and a sneak peak at the crew's movie debut, Star Trek: Generations. So set a course for an adventure like no other.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-15
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1999-08-21
Overview: An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen Jones", becoming the first black woman ever nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. Marriages and affairs would break her heart, but her heart was strong. Seductive and easily seduced, she was born to be a star - with all the glory and all the pain of being loved, abused, cheated, glorified, undermined and undefeated. Here was a woman who wouldn't wait in the wings. Halle Berry stars as Dorothy Dandrige.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-08-21
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1996-05-28
Overview: A one man CBS Special featuring classic close-up magic, card tricks and other sleight of hand.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-28
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2001-01-19
Overview: A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-19
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1986-06-16
Overview: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grand Jatte by Georges Seurat is one of the great paintings of the world, and in "Sunday in the Park with George," book writer James Lapine and composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim bring a story based on the work brilliantly to life. While the painting depicts people gathered on an island in the Seine, the musical goes beyond simply describing their lives. It is an exploration of art, of love, of commitment. Seurat connected dots to create images; Lapine and Sondheim use connection as the heart of all our relationships. Winner of the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Originally broadcast as part of "American Playhouse" on PBS (season five, episode nineteen).
Genres: Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-16
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2001-03-06
Overview: Live from Carnegie Hall and hosted by Julie Andrews, a host of glittering Broadway stars sing Broadway's best and most enduring love songs. This production is a filmed record of a concert given on 16 October 2000 at the City Center for Music and Dance, New York City, to raise funds for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights Aids. The occasion was particularly notable in that it marked Julie Andrews' (brief) return to singing in public after a four-year hiatus. Originally broadcast on PBS's "Great Performances" (season 29, episode 8).
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-03-06
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1996-08-26
Overview: Gene Roddenberry's Utopian vision of humanity in the 24th century had a profound effect on American viewers. During the height of the Cold War, the tension of the civil rights movement and the jingoism of the Vietnam War, they saw a multicultural crew working together on the bridge of the Enterprise. Leonard Nimoy, Patrick Stewart, Nichelle Nicols, Brent Spiner and others reflect on Star Trek's cultural impact over its 30-year history, and contemplate its future on the small screen.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-26
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1991-09-23
Overview: Loyalties are divided when civil war splits the Klingon Empire. When Worf sees a chance to regain his wrongfully lost family honor, he must choose between his duty as a Starfleet officer and his heritage as a Klingon warrior. Meanwhile, Picard struggles to keep the Federation from being dragged into the fray. But a shocking new adversary from the past threatens to destroy both the Federation and the Klingon Empire.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-23
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2001-10-15
Overview: Uncle Daniel Ponder moves to give away his fortune, while his niece, Edna Earle, tries to tighten the reins on Daniel's generosity. After Daniel marries teenager Bonnie Dee Peacock, her death leads to Daniel's trial for murder
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-15
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1989-04-28
Overview: Carnelle Scott is a restless Mississippi girl looking for a life change. She decides to enter a beauty pageant, which her cousin had won years before. Despite a lack of support from those close to her Carnelle remains determined. She enlists the help of a seamstress to outfit her for the competition, while rebuffing the advances of predatory men, as she aims to bring home the crown.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-28
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1996-02-09
Overview: A young man obsessed with traffic patterns attempts to reunite with his first love.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-09
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2016-06-18
Overview: Interviews about the making of the film and behind the scenes footage
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-18
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1985-10-27
Overview: Two teenage girls are locked up for a minor offence by a harsh judge who thinks a night in jail will do them good. It's a traumatizing experience that includes an assault. Afterwards, one of the girls and her family seek justice against an unfair legal system.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-27
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2016-06-22
Overview: We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-22
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2016-03-01
Overview: When Grady, an assassin with a genetic disorder that renders him unable to feel pain, is sent on a high-stakes assignment, his world is turned upside-down after an attack when he awakens to discover that he can feel pain for the first time in his life. With the clock ticking and his greatest asset gone, Grady will go head-to-head with his greatest fears and unspeakable enemies, while experiencing a tactile world he never could have imagined.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-03-01
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1986-10-26
Overview: This is the story is based on an actual incident. Claude Dallas is a man who loves to be free, so he lives in the mountains where he hunts for his food. However, Bill Pogue is a driven game warden, who abhors anyone who hunts out of season. When he catches Claude Dallas doing that; he's about to arrest him when Claude kills him and the other warden with him. When the man who was with Dallas tells the police what happened, a nationwide manhunt ensues. And there are people who didn't like Pogue and they hope Dallas is never caught.
Genres: Action TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-26
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1987-10-25
Overview: Gordon has a loving wife and two sons, Bryan and Keith, but he favors his spoiled younger son Keith over Bryan, who is defiant and not good at sports. As Gordon begins to yell and hit Bryan, Bryan's behavior slips towards the psychotic side and he takes it out on beings who can't defend themselves until he goes way too far one day during a summer camping trip.
Genres: Horror Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-25
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2004-06-19
Overview: Jack, in full puberty, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn out to have a gay dad as well and his best friend's parents end up not having the perfect marriage Jack thought they had.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-19
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1984-05-05
Overview: Leonard Junger, an aspiring television writer, tries to find a cheap apartment for his estranged wife and daughter so that they can be a family again. During his quest, he encounters mystery and murder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-05
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1989-03-23
Overview: About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to him through bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-23
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1993-01-01
Overview: The making of Star Trek: Generations which was given away free with The Sun newspaper in 1993.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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2003-03-24
Overview: An unhappily married housewife and mother of two children seperates from her husband and gets a new job where she developes a mutual attraction to her female boss.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-24
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2001-12-28
Overview: Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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2000-12-15
Overview: Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-15
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2018-08-02
Overview: A running feud between Star Trek actors Brent Spiner and Levar Burton is the basis for this TV comedy pilot.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-02
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2019-11-26
Overview: A feature-length documentary about the film Galaxy Quest and its legacy, celebrating its milestone 20th anniversary.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-26
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1995-05-08
Overview: After hearing a rumor that Captain Picard has been murdered while on an archeological dig, the Enterprise crew sets out to find the smugglers who may have been responsible.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-08
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1995-02-27
Overview: When the Federation calls for help in locating an ambassador suspected of defecting, Picard is troubled to learn that Spock is the one who has vanished. Seeking information from Spock's ailing father, Sarek, and unlikely help from the Klingons, Picard and his crew find the ambassador pursuing a personal mission on Romulus: a Vulcan/Romulan reunification. But though the Romulans claim to support the same goal, their motives are not what they seem.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-27
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2013-04-25
Overview: The Enterprise has a deadly encounter with the Borg, resulting in Picard's kidnap, while Commander Riker encounters a beautiful rival with an eye on his job.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-25
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2012-11-04
Overview: Reunification: 25 Years After Star Trek – The Next Generation is a 61-minute documentary celebrating the 25th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-04
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1994-05-23
Overview: Q returns as Capt. Picard finds himself continually shifting into the past, future, and present, and he must use that to discover a threat to humanity's existence.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-23
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2024-12-09
Overview: Over 50 stars, writers, athletes, directors and critics share the spirit of the season.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-09
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