He's the captain of Netflix now. One of Tom Hanks' most powerful and most critically-acclaimed movies hit Netflix on July 1st ...

Hanks stars in the title role of Captain Phillips, an Oct. 11 release about the Vermonter's 2009 capture by Somali pirates and subsequent rescue by the Navy's fabled SEAL Team Six.

Captain Phillips is an intense thriller, and much of that tension comes from the true story. In April 2009, the Maersk Alabama was hijacked by Somali pirates. Though they left the ship on the same ...

Captain Phillips (Tom Hanks) is confronted by the Somali pirates' leader, Muse (Barkhad Abdi), in the film, "Captain Phillips." Columbia Pictures ...

"Captain Phillips" directed by Paul Greengrass, written by Billy Ray and starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Faysal Ahmed, and Mahat M. Ali hits theaters today on October 11.

Phillips, he says, had a bad reputation for at least 12 years prior, known as a sullen and self-righteous captain. “No one wants to sail with him,” he says.

How Breakthrough 'Captain Phillips' Actor Connected To The Role This past week, Somali-born actor Barkhad Abdi received an Academy Award nomination for his role opposite Tom Hanks in the film ...

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 ...

Four years after it made headlines, the harrowing ordeal of commercial shipping captain Richard Phillips gets the bigscreen treatment care of verite specialist Paul Greengrass in “Captain ...