Here, she talks about her new film, "Won't Back Down," a female empowerment saga, where she plays Nona Alberts, a jaded teacher who joins forces with a frustrated single-mom (Maggie Gyllenhaal) to turn around an underperforming public school.  

Here, she talks about her new movie, "Hotel Transylvania," an animated adventure where she plays Dracula's daughter Mavis who, over her father's objections, falls in love with a mere mortal.

(CNN) -- And for a generation of "Star Trek" fans (pun intended), watching LeVar Burton fix a warp core every week on TV might have even inspired you to get into the field of engineering or physics and dream of one day working at NASA.

Here, the versatile thespian talks about starring in Unconditional, an inspirational, faith-based feature based on actual events. In this bittersweet tale of redemption, he portrays Papa Joe Bradford, a guy with kidney disease who teams with a recently-widowed, childhood friend (Lynn Collins) to make a difference in the lives of needy kids in Nashville.