 The Hunter 1980  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Buzz Kulik
Cast: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold, LeVar Burton, Ben Johnson, Richard Venture, Tracey Walter, Thomas Rosales Jr., Teddy Wilson, Ray Bickel, Bobby Bass, Karl Schueneman, Margaret Mary O'Hara, Lillian Adams, Jodi Moon
Ralph "Papa" Thorson (Steve McQueen) is a bounty hunter who searches for bail jumpers. The story involves his bringing criminals to jail and his relationship with his pregnant wife Dotty (Kathryn Harrold). While on the trail of fugitives in Illinois, Nebraska, and Texas, Thorson himself is pursued by a psychotic killer seeking revenge after Thorson apprehended him. This was Steve McQueen's last movie.
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The Jesse Owens Story 1984  TV, 174 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Irving
Cast: Dorian Harewood, Tom Bosley, Ronny Cox, Georg Stanford Brown, George Kennedy, Debbi Morgan, Greg Morris, Vic Tayback, LeVar Burton, Ben Vereen, Barry Corbin, Norman Fell
Dorian Harewood stars as Black athlete Jesse Owens who won four gold medals and became a star at the 1936 Olympics in Nazi-dominated Berlin.
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar 1977  R, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Diane Keaton, Richard Gere, William Atherton, Tuesday Weld, Richard Kiley, LeVar Burton, Tom Berenger, Priscilla Pointer, Alan Feinstein, Brian Dennehy
This film involves a psychological perspective of a repressed young teacher (Diane Keaton) who is drawn to cheap sex and illicit drugs in her attempt at liberation–the result is tragedy. Tuesday Weld received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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Roots 1977  TV, 573 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Cast: LeVar Burton, John Amos, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Maya Angelou, O.J. Simpson, Ben Vereen, Moses Gunn, Leslie Uggams, Lynda Day George, Beverly Todd, Edward Asner, Madge Sinclair, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene
Alex Haley's classic story of his family history involving Kunta Kinte's (LeVar Burton) abduction in 18th-century Africa and then being sold into slavery and sent to America is the focus of Chapter 0ne in this six-part made-for-TV epic. The mini-series received 37 Emmy nominations and won nine. Chapters continue through Kunta's (now played by John Amos) marriage to Bell (Madge Sinclair) and the birth of their daughter Kizzie. Then the saga follows with the birth of Kizzie's (Leslie Uggams) son Chicken George (Ben Vereen) who grows up to buy his freedom and pave the way for future generations to live in freedom following the Civil War.
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Star Trek: First Contact 1996  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alfre Woodard, Alice Krige, Michael Horton, Neal McDonough, Robert Picardo, Marnie McPhail, Dwight Schultz
It is the 24th century, and the Enterprise is on a mission in space when Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew become involved in a battle between a Borg Cube and Federation ships. The Enterprise destroys the Cube, but part of it escapes. Now, the alien Borgs, led by Borg Queen (Alice Krige), are set to attack Earth. The Enterprise chases the Borgs but end up in a time distortion and are now in the 21st century. The only hope is for warp drive inventor Zefram Cochran (James Cromwell) to make a faster-than-light trip to the stars.
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Star Trek: Generations 1994 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Mystery / Thriller
Director: David Carson
Cast: Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Whoopi Goldberg, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Alan Ruck, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Jenette Goldstein, Thomas Kopache
Retired officers James T. Kirk (William Shatner), "Scotty" Scott (James Doohan), and Pavel Chekov (Walter Koenig) are guests on the maiden voyage of Enterprise-B when disaster strikes. Kirk is presumed dead, but he is really trapped in the Nexus purgatory. Now, 78-years later, Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of Enterprise-D rescue Dr. Soran (Malcolm McDowell) who, unknown to Picard, is plotting to destroy the world. When Picard realizes that Soran presents a real danger, he convinces Kirk to leave his comfort zone in purgatory and come to his aid. This is a milestone film in that two generations of starship officers, Kirk and Picard, work together to stop an alien from destroying the universe.
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Star Trek: Insurrection 1998 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, F. Murray Abraham, Donna Murphy, Anthony Zerbe
Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew risk courts martial as they try to save the peaceful Ba'ku race from a forced relocation by the Son'a who want them exiled from the planet.
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Star Trek: Nemesis 2002 PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Stuart Baird
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Tom Hardy, Ron Perlman, Dina Meyer, Whoopi Goldberg, Diana Muldaur
The Enterprise has been diverted to the planet Romulus where the crew uncovers plans by the Romulans to attack Earth and throw the universe out of kilter.
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... 1994 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Colm Meaney, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, John de Lancie, Denise Crosby
It's hard for Captain Picard and the Enterprise crew to remember where or when they are, as they bounce back and forth between the past, present and future. Meanwhile, a space anomaly must be figured out in this film, the swan song for the Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series.
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Trekkies 1998 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Roger Nygard
Cast: Denise Crosby, LeVar Burton, Frank D'Amico, William Shatner, James Doohan, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, DeForest Kelley, Leonard Nimoy, George Takei
This documentary offers an affectionate view of those died-in-the-wool Star Trek fans: the Trekkies. Perhaps one of the most interesting moments is the interview with Barbara Adams, who arrived for jury duty every day for the Whitewater trial wearing her Star Trek Lieutenant Commander's uniform. But Adams is just one of the many devoted Trekkies interviewed by the narrator, Denise Crosby, in this very amusing documentary.
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| 1. The Hunter (1980)
2. The Jesse Owens Story (1984)
3. Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
4. Roots (1977)
5. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
6. Star Trek: Generations (1994)
7. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
8. Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
9. Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things... (1994)
10. Trekkies (1998)
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