Posts Tagged ‘Captain Phillips’
Film Review – The Lost Bus
Writer/director Paul Greengrass’s brand of documentary-like thrillers is on full display in The Lost Bus (2025). Just as he has done in other works about disasters and tragedies – such as United 93 (2006), 22 July (2018) and Captain Phillips (2013) – Greengrass explores the details of a harrowing event while trying to mine…
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Film Review – Finch
Tom Hanks sure likes being in isolated places. From Cast Away (2000) to The Terminal (2004), from Apollo 13 (1995) to Captain Phillips (2013), Hanks has repeatedly returned to characters trapped in confined situations and must use their wits to survive. These roles have benefited…
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Film Review – Sully
On January 15th, 2009, U.S. Airways Flight 1549 took off from LaGuardia Airport in New York toward Charlotte, North Carolina. Soon after take off, the plane ran into a flock of birds, a number of which struck and disabled both engines. The captain of the…
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2014 Oscar Predictions – Ben’s Picks
It’s Oscar time again and it has been a roller coaster of a year with no clear front-runner for best picture and several of the categories ripe for potential upsets. While not as strong a line up of films as last year, there are still…
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Top 15 Films of 2013 – Allen’s Picks
Why 15? Because 10 just ain’t enough. That’s how good 2013 has been. Granted, every year can be considered a good year, since great movies come out all the time. But this year has proven to be a standout, as one release after another has…
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Captain Phillips – Video Podcast #281
In honor of its release, Spencer and Greg take a look at Captain Phillips, its director Paul Greengrass and stars Tom Hanks & Barkhad Abdi.
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Film Review – Captain Phillips
The inherent challenge of a film like Captain Phillips is in telling a gripping story that many people already know the outcome of. I remember vividly Richard Phillips, captain of the Maersk Alabama, a cargo ship that was taken by Somali pirates back in 2009.…
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