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 ...

Netflix is set to jettison a boatload of films to begin in 2026, and among the batch is a Tom Hanks favorite. The Saving Private Ryan star's hit biographical thriller, Captain Phillips, will leave the ...

The birth of Tom Hanks, dramatic actor, happened during a table read on "Splash." As the smitten lead Allen Bauer in Ron Howard's 1984 film, Hanks began by going for laughs, an instinct from the ...

He’s eternally anchored in gratitude. Nearly two decades after Capt. Rich Phillips endured a near-death ordeal at the hands of Somali Pirates off the East African coast, he is still constantly showing ...

The latest trailer for the Tom Hanks-starring, Paul Greengrass-directed Somali pirate drama Captain Phillips shows us, yes, an Oscar-hungry Hanks hitting all the awards-bait notes (accent, humble ...

is based on a book by the merchant mariner Richard Phillips, whose container ship was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The film is an exciting entertainment that makes us feel good about the ...

An all-new international trailer for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, based on the true story of the 2009 hijacking of the MV Maersk Alabama by Somali pirates, has just been released. The film hits theaters on ...

Amazon Prime Video subscribers are flocking to stream this thriller, which has long been described as one of the genre’s most ‘intense’ movies. Released in 2013, Captain Phillips stars Tom Hanks in ...

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 ...