Captain Phillips

Paul Greengrass may direct an adaptation of David Ignatius’ The Director

Posted 12 years ago

Paul Greengrass is one of those directors that you see attached to several different projects that unfortunately don’t wind up panning out. Most recently the director dropped out of Aaron Sorkin‘s CHICAGO 7 biopic then it was rumored that he...

The UnPopular Opinion: Top 5 Overrated Movies of 2013

Posted 13 years ago

Alex Well Schmoes, as 2013 draws to a close we reflect on a year of ups and downs at the movies, both critically and financially. There were some surprises in regards to which highly anticipated movies lived up to their...

Paul Greengrass issues a statement regarding claims that Captain Phillips is not an accurate adaptation

Posted 13 years ago

It recently came to light that certain individuals involved with the pirate incident that Paul Greengrass' CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is based on do not feel the story is portrayed accurately. The Tom Hanks movie is based on the book by the...

Top 10 Good Movies with Bad Titles

Posted 13 years ago

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS hits theaters today and while I thought it was a great movie, it is going to have trouble drawing audiences because of the awful title. The more direct MACHETE KILLS tells you exactly what it is about while...

Review: Captain Phillips

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The true story of Richard Phillips (Tom Hanks) who-as the captain of the merchant marine vessel the Maersk Alabama- was taken hostage by Somali Pirates. REVIEW: CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is vintage Tom Hanks. By that I mean that CAPTAIN PHILLIPS...

The Good, The Bad and the Badass: Tom Hanks

Posted 13 years ago

Chris Last week, we took at look at the career of big-screen alpha-male Sean Connery. While nowhere near the macho tough guy Connery is, this week’s subject is just as much of an icon in his own way, with a...

Pirates attack Tom Hanks in these intense clips from Paul Greengrass’ Captain Phillips

Posted 13 years ago

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS is exactly what a movie should be like that is based on a true story. Many knew of the events that occurred when Richard Phillips’ ship was boarded by Somali pirates in 2009. As the story was international...

New pulse-pounding trailer for Tom Hanks starrer Captain Phillips

Posted 13 years ago

If you happened to watching the finale of Breaking Bad last night (which by all good graces you should've been) then you may have caught this new trailer/preview for the new Paul Greengrass thriller CAPTAIN PHILLIPS starring Tom Hanks. I...

Tom Hanks has to deal with a piracy situation in the second trailer for Captain Phillips

Posted 13 years ago

The first trailer for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS gave us surface details on the true life experience of Captain Richard Phillips. Now in the second trailer what we once thought was intense, is now preying on our every claustrophobic fear. I think...

Tom Hanks has been hijacked! Check out the trailer for the Paul Greengrass thriller Captain Phillips

Posted 13 years ago

The first trailer for CAPTAIN PHILLIPS, the true-life tale of the captain in charge of a hijacked cargo ship, starring Tom Hanks, has arrived. Call it The Bourne Hijacking (or Zero Dark Hijacking), but with a lot less fisticuffs and...