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Reviewed on December 1, 2011 | Media
Shatner, who played the first Star Trek captain, James T. Kirk, on the 1960s TV series and in several films, traveled to England and across the United States to interview five other actors about their lives and experiences portraying captains in the now legendary sf franchise. It's an interesting premise, but the results are somewhat uneven. Veteran Shakespearean actor Patrick Stewart (Capt. Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation and a handful of films), for example, is consistently witty and insightful, but young actor Chris Pine (Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More