'127 Hours' a stirring story

Film fans have two towering performances to delight in this week, that of Colin Firth as King George V1 in The King’s Speech and, here, Franco in a harrowing, gripping, gory and true story of climber Aron Ralston’s ordeal when trapped under a boulder for five days in Utah in 2003.

Director: Danny Boyle

Cast: James Franco, Kate Mara, Lizzy Caplan