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17: ‘Captain Phillips’ Starring Tom Hanks

This week on Reel Spoilers we head out to sea with Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips. It’s the real life story of, well… Captain Phillips. I mean, c’mon, really? You need me to connect the dots for you on that one?

Hanks stars in the true life tale of the aforementioned captain who is taken captive by Somali pirates. And this America’s sweetheart we’re talking about here. We don’t cotton to pirates taking our sweethearts hostage. The only time “Tom Hanks” and “hostage” should be in the same sentence is if we’re talking about what he’s done to our hearts.

And we’ll do a little bit of fact checking to see just how much of this film is accurate. Plus, Dan spotlights a forgotten film in this week’s Video Recovery. A long lost slasher film that somehow ties into Captain Phillips.

You’ve been warned.

Reel Spoilers Episode 17: Captain Phillips Starring Tom Hanks

Starring: Tom O’Keefe, Joe Buttice, Dan Graney and Kevin Brackett
Run-time: 1 hr 13 min

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Kevin Brackett

Kevin Brackett is a professional film and theatre critic. He is also a member of the St. Louis Film Critics Association (SLFCA). Since founding Review St. Louis in 2008, he remains editor and operator of the online publication. Kevin is also a co-host of the Reel Spoilers podcast, and former National Vice President of the Technology Student Association (TSA), comprised of over 200,000 members worldwide. E-mail: kevin [at] reviewstl.com.