Tom Hanks gave a career-defining performance as Captain Phillips, but the real captain found himself on the receiving end of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Tom Hanks has built a career out of playing aggressively noble roles, so it’s only natural to want to see him taken down a peg. But it’s no fun to watch him suffer at the hands of Somali pirates in ...

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 ...

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 ...

Barkhad Abdi, best supporting actor nominee for his role in "Captain Phillips", arrives at the 86th Academy Awards in Hollywood, California March 2, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake (UNITED STATES - Tags: ...

Mark Daniel Kennedy, 43, of Baton Rouge, La., enlisted in 1995 and completed his final tour of duty in 2008, according to his record, sent in an email by Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lauryn Dempsey. The SEALs ...