Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image Credits: Sony Pictures Releasing Captain Phillips is a Paul Greengrass directorial that revolves around the hijacking of a ...

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 ...

Tom Hanks stars in Columbia Pictures' "Captain Phillips." The most shocking moment in Captain Phillips, which re-creates the ordeal of a freighter captain kidnapped by Somali pirates, comes in the ...

The saga of Captain Richard Phillips, the Massachusetts seafarer kidnapped by four Somali pirates during a routine cargo ship gig in 2009, took place under media scrutiny and played out like a high ...

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 ...

When the movie “Captain Phillips” opens in theatres nationwide on October 11, Virginians can be on the lookout for scenes filmed in Hampton Roads. The film stars actor Tom Hanks as Capt. Richard ...

“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 ...

Last year saw a major motion picture that exemplified the best of a sub-genre of the “based on true events” film, it was based on a true event that was very recent. The finale of ZERO DARK THIRTY ...

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 ...

Every now and then a news story pops up about piracy on the high seas, and it usually evokes the same response every time: There are still pirates? There are, and in Paul Greengrass’ film “Captain ...

Hanks called it "the most truly scary, intense, real-life scene" of his career. Tom Hanks is opening up about a terrifying experience from his storied acting career. "Four of the scariest human beings ...