FRANKENMUTH, MI — The real-life captain whose high-seas ordeal became a Hollywood blockbuster is coming to Frankenmuth. Richard Phillips, the former cargo ship captain who was held hostage by Somali ...

In “Captain Phillips” we meet the captain (Tom Hanks) in the office of his comfy Vermont digs as he checks his impending flight to Oman in 2009. Driving to the airport with his wife (Catherine Keener) ...

Barkhad Abdi is in the running for Oscar gold Sunday, but actual wealth eludes him. Abdi has been widely praised for his role in “Captain Phillips” as the desperate pirate Muse, and even ad-libbed the ...

This week, “Captain Phillips” opens in theaters. The film tells the story of Captain Richard Phillips, whose cargo ship, the Maersk Alabama, was hijacked by pirates off the Somali coast in 2009.

The Tom Hanks-led biographical action thriller Captain Phillips tells the story of how a brave merchant mariner, Captain Richard Phillips, survived after pirates hijacked his ship and kidnapped him.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day, Barkhad Abdi was driving taxicabs in Minneapolis and the next, he was on movie sets in Malta and Morocco, making his ...

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 ...

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 ...