Tom Hanks delivers "one of the best performances of his career" in a "relentlessly intense" thriller now available on BBC iPlayer. From Big and Castaway to Saving Private Ryan and Forrest Gump, Tom ...

Captain Phillips - usually confused for Captain Jack Sparrow - takes on black - I mean Samalia pirates in this true story ...

Captain Phillips is a Paul Greengrass directorial that revolves around the hijacking of a ship by the Somali pirates. Captain Richard Phillips takes charge and negotiates with the pirates who ...

With “Captain Phillips,” Greengrass fuses the complexities and craftsmanship of his Bourne films with the emotional resonance of “United 93.” “Captain Phillips” could have easily ...

Twenty years ago, "Captain Phillips" might have been a very different movie. The true story of shipping vessel captain Richard Phillips, taken hostage in April 2009 by a crew of Somali pirates, ...

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“Captain Phillips” will no doubt draw comparisons to “Zero Dark Thirty” for its ripped-from-the-headlines storytelling, but this is a case in which the writer and director are as ...

Captain Phillips sets the bar for high stakes and visceral filmmaking, offering a brave, heartfelt Tom Hanks as a new type of action hero.

The gripping tale recounts the true story of Captain Richard Phillips , the commanding officer of the U.S. container ship Maersk Alabama, which was hijacked by a crew of Somali pirates in 2009.

“Phillips wasn’t the big leader like he is in the movie,” says the source, who describes the titular hero has having a 12-year reputation as a “sullen and self-righteous captain.” ...

Captain Phillips is not for the faint of heart, not because it is especially gruesome or bloody (by the standards of the genre, it isn't) but because it is just incredibly intense.

COLCHESTER, Vt. — Merchant marine Captain Richard Phillips arrives for an interview fresh from a game of pick-up basketball and a trip to the town dump. At 58, stockily built with a salt-and ...