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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

Tom Hanks' 2013 movie Captain Phillips was based on a true story, and it was surprisingly accurate about what actually happened during the hijacking of the Maersk Alabama. Captain Phillips depicted ...

Tom Hanks plays the title character in Paul Greengrass's thriller Captain Phillips. Based on a true story of how a US cargo ship and its crew were taken hostage by Somali pirates, it was one of the ...

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 ...

An autopsy revealed that the two former NAVY Seals found dead last week onboard the Maersk Alabama—the container ship that inspired the movie Captain Phillips—died of respiratory failure and suspected ...