trainspotting Reviews, Interviews & More

It’s been 17 years since Trainspotting, the Danny Boyle-directed adaptation of Irvine Welsh’s novel, which managed to wring a coherent cinematic narrative from Welsh’s loosely plotted nonlinear pulp mass concerning the lives of aimless heroin addicts in Scotland.  The film was a critical hit and cult hit, and Welsh has even written sequel...

Ewan McGregor—despite having stared in three of the most horrendous sequel/ prequels of all time (The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith)—is taking a stand against “poor sequels,” stating that there are too many bad or unnecessary follow-ups to great films. Well,...

Typically, summer is the season when Hollywood pulls from their inexhaustible well of sequels and franchise continuations, with fall being reserved for awards-worthy fare. While there’s no shortage of Oscar bait this year, films like Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, Little Fockers, as well as new entries in the Harry...

Yesterday during an interview with Ewan McGregor for Roman Polanski's (whose name has been mysteriously missing from the synopsis, press notes and other promotional pieces - more on that later) The Ghost Writer, he briefly spoke about the rumor about Danny Boyle tackling a Trainspotting sequel. Although it might be fun to get the gang back together in their...