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Scott's back this week, and we've got a slew of films to talk about. While GRAVITY continues to rule the box office, Hanks makes a fine turn in Captain Phillips. Also chatted about Claire Denis' Bastards (playing Toronto's TIFF Lightbox...

In April 2009, Captain Richard Phillips was aboard the MV Maersk Alabama, a container ship bringing supplies and donations to Kenya. Passing through international waters off the coast of Somalia, the ship was commandeered by a small band of pirates,...

The Tokyo International Film Festival, which shares an acronym with its Toronto counterpart and begins just a month later, made some initial announcements today. The opening film of the festival will be Paul Greengrass' latest, Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks; it's based...