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 ...

Much in the way DJ Earworm produces his yearly "United State of Pop" mashup, one industrious YouTube user has brought us a supercut of every movie trailer released in 2013. Going back to January's ...

If you’re unfamiliar with the events of April 2009, when an American cargo ship was hijacked by Somali pirates off the coast of Africa, do yourself a favor and do not Google the incident before seeing ...

While shooting the 2013 biographical drama Captain Phillips, which tells the story of the 2009 siege of the Danish–U.S. cargo ...

Based on an incredible true story that many already know the outcome, Captain Phillips features a great use of tension, claustrophobic filming and brilliant acting to keep the audience spellbound ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Captain Phillips," director Paul Greengrass' recounting of the real-life story of a U.S. merchant marine who was kidnapped by Somali pirates in 2009 -- and the subsequent rescue efforts by the U.S.