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 ...

While Captain Phillips hit Netflix on July 1, 2025, this isn’t the first time the biographical drama has come to the streaming service. Captain Phillips first debuted on Netflix nine years after its ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Captain Phillips” sees director Paul Greengrass take on the real-life story of Captain Rich Phillips (Tom Hanks) and an incident when he was taken hostage by Somali pirates in April 2009. Reel ...

Amazon Prime Video subscribers are flocking to stream this thriller, which has long been described as one of the genre’s most ‘intense’ movies. Released in 2013, Captain Phillips stars Tom Hanks in ...

The birth of Tom Hanks, dramatic actor, happened during a table read on "Splash." As the smitten lead Allen Bauer in Ron Howard's 1984 film, Hanks began by going for laughs, an instinct from the ...

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 ...

Tom Hanks's real-life film Captain Phillips has found a new streaming home in the UK. Originally released in 2013, the biopic from director Paul Greengrass follows the eponymous Captain Richard ...