Brent Spiner
Brent Jay Spiner (born February 2, 1949) 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.... Read full bio →
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Independence Day: Resurgence
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.
Superhero Movie
Orphaned high school student Rick Riker is bitten by a radioactive dragonfly, develops super powers, and becomes a hero. A spoof on Superhero movies by the creators of the "Scary Movie" franchise.
Material Girls
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.
Threshold
Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.
The Aviator
Young Hughes directs one of Scorsese's favorite films, Hell's Angels. Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn.
The Master of Disguise
An Italian waiter fights off a criminal mastermind with his inherited powers of disguise.
Star Trek: Nemesis
The Enterprise is sent to Romulus to negotiate a peace treaty with Shinzon, the new leader of the Romulan Empire. It soon becomes clear that Shinzon is a clone of Picard and intent on destroying Earth.
I Am Sam
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.
A Girl Thing
An NYC shrink sees four different women with different issues - attraction to another woman, friction between 3 sisters, cheating husband, and wanting revenge after being fired.
Dude, Where's My Car?
Two stoners wake up after a night of partying and cannot remember where they parked their car.
South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut
When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance & Philip, they are pronounced "corrupted", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
Star Trek: Insurrection
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.
Out to Sea
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.
Star Trek: First Contact
Capt. Picard and his crew pursue the Borg back in time to stop them from preventing Zefram Cochrane from initiating first contact with alien life.
Phenomenon
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
Independence Day
The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy. Fighting superior technology, Man's best weapon is the will to survive.
Star Trek: Generations
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soren...who is destroying entire star systems. Only one man can help Picard stop Soren's scheme...and he's been dead for seventy-eight years.
Corrina, Corrina
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.
Shocker
After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.
Miss Firecracker
Carnelle wants to escape her dreary life, so she enters a local beauty contest, much to everyone's dismay.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers sets off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains
Corrine Burns retreats far into plans for her band, The Fabulous Stains, after her mother's death.
Stardust Memories
While attending a retrospect of his work, a filmmaker recalls his life and his loves: the inspirations for his films.