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Long before Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, Danny Boyle introduced both himself and Ewan McGregor to American audiences with Trainspotting, still considered one of the best drug-themed dramas ever made. The movie was neither Boyle’s nor McGregor’s first movie, but it was their first to make a real impact across the pond, thanks to Boyle’s frenetic direction, McGregor’s lively performance and a dead baby crawling on a ceiling.

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The Oscar race just got a little more crowded as Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours enters the mix. An energetic, beautifully shot and superbly acted film based on the harrowing true story of Aaron Ralston, a devil-may-care adventurer who finds himself alone and trapped in an isolated canyon in Utah. His hand pinned between a rock and the canyon wall (or, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place” as the book title suggests), Ralston spent more than five days facing certain death before making a crucial decision to survive. 127 Hours is one of the best movies of 2010.

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