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 ...

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 ...

“Captain Phillips” is based off Captain Richard Phillips’s accounts from his book, “A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea.” I was skeptic when I came to see this film ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Captain Phillips," director Paul Greengrass' recounting of the real-life story of a U.S. merchant marine who was kidnapped by Somali pirates in 2009 -- and the subsequent rescue efforts by the U.S.

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 ...

Almost anybody with internet access knows what Barkhad Abdi’s face looks like, even if they haven’t seen his movies. “I am the captain now,” goes the dialogue paired with his threatening visage. If ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his ...

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Two American security workers have been found dead on the Maersk Alabama, a ship made famous by the Hollywood movie "Captain Phillips" in 2013, an oil and shipping group said on ...

Sony’s Tom Hanks-starrer “Captain Phillips” can’t pull Warner Bros.’ “Gravity” off its trajectory in its soph sesh as it aims to earn about $43 million this weekend. That represents a mere 22% ...