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127 hours (2010)

There is no force more powerful than the will to live.

Filmmaker(s): Danny Boyle

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

15 Dec 127 hours (2010)

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The Hand Left in the Thing are so many filmmakers out there that I am still approaching many films the way they were intended to be approached: as self-contained works of art (or craft). But there are some filmmakers I know well enough to trust...

Published December 15, 2022

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The Beach (I) (2000)

Somewhere on this planet it must exist.

Filmmaker(s): Danny Boyle

Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

10 Feb The Beach (I) (2000)

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Exotic Adventures me, when a film fails to engage me by itself, I jump up a level, in this case making it a chapter in the movie of the life of Danny Boyle. I like the guy. I like his instincts. He envisions worlds that...

Published February 10, 2024

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Tagged: 2000s, f2000, p2011

127 Hours (2010)

There is no force more powerful than the will to live.

Filmmaker(s): Danny Boyle

Adventure

Drama

Thriller

The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

15 Dec 127 hours (2010)

10 Feb The Beach (I) (2000)

16 Feb 127 Hours (2010)