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 ...

Few directors do guys-in-distress better than Paul Greengrass. From the man-on-the-run kineticism of the "The Bourne Ultimatum" and "The Bourne Supremacy," to the doomed heroics of "United 93," the ...

is based on a book by the merchant mariner Richard Phillips, whose container ship was hijacked by Somali pirates in 2009. The film is an exciting entertainment that makes us feel good about the ...

While “Captain Phillips” raises plenty of questions about the situation (why, for example, did the ship go in waters that had potential for such danger?), it doesn’t plant any doubt about Hanks’ ...

Piedmont Virginia Community College’s Student Art Club continues its popular Free Movie Friday series with biographical action thriller Captain Phillips on at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, in the Main ...