Captain Phillips is a movie about a true incident. It’s about the horrific pirate attack on the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship. The story is about how the captain of the ...

The most shocking moment in Captain Phillips, which re-creates the ordeal of a freighter captain kidnapped by Somali pirates, comes in the very first shot: an exterior of Phillips’ Vermont home, for ...

Like his excruciating, but in many ways vital, United 93, Paul Greengrass's latest film, Captain Phillips, is a nimble, procedural look at a real-life moment of ...

The new month has brought in a slew of additions for movies and TV shows to watch for subscribers on Netflix. Among those added to the platform for the month of July is Captain Phillips, a Tom ...

Captain Phillips is an exciting movie that keeps the audience engaged. From the beginning, viewers are caught up in a tense and high-pressure situation. What starts as a routine voyage quickly becomes ...

One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his acting debut opposite Oscar winner Tom Hanks in the high-octane hostage ...

At first, it feels like there’s a perfunctory quality to the opening scenes of Paul Greengrass’ harrowing true-life drama Captain Phillips. The titular commercial shipping-vessel captain, Rich ...

Paul Greengrass’ cinema-of-spasticity reaches new phony lows with Captain Phillips, a based-on-true-life 2008 tale of a cargo ship captain (Tom Hanks) who, while traveling around the horn of Africa, ...

For all the love his fictional characters have received, Tom Hanks has spent much of his career playing real American heroes, whether it be the courageous Captain Sully Sullenberger in Sully or the ...

Each year, the New York Film Festival celebrates the best in movies including major releases, independent works and thought-provoking documentaries. Highlighting this year’s slate of offerings is the ...

FRANKENMUTH, MI — The real-life captain whose high-seas ordeal became a Hollywood blockbuster is coming to Frankenmuth. Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by Somali ...

The 2013 sea bound thriller Captain Phillips starring Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi is headed to 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in Limited Edition SteelBook packaging. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have pegged ...