Trainspotting

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Slate | Michael WoodAdd Critic to Favorites

A desolate, fast, funny, scary film, and it takes more risks than any recent film.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

It would be hard to imagine a movie about drugs, depravity, and all-around bad behavior more electrifying than Trainspotting.Read the full review

Variety | Derek ElleyAdd Critic to Favorites

Scabrous, brutal and hip, Trainspotting is a "Clockwork Orange" for the '90s.Read the full review

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    11/27/09 James Cameron was quoted in the Wall Street Journal not long ago arguing that "when a studio goes crazy and spends a lot of money, it's the consumer who benefits."  |  Variety
  • McGregor stalls 'Trainspotting 2'

    11/26/09 Ewan McGregor is holding up the sequel to the movie that made him famous, because film bosses don't want to go ahead without his participation.  |  JAM! Showbiz
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    11/21/09 This summer's Land of the Lost was one of those epic Hollywood disasters that makes outsiders question why anyone is in the movie business.  |  JAM! Showbiz
  • Danny Boyle Knows Where He'll Spend '127 Hours'

    11/05/09 After a year of speculation (Will it be James Bond? Will it be Maximum City ? Trainspotting 2 ?), Danny Boyle has finally settled on his next project.  |  Cinematical.com
  • Danny Boyle to get RAAM Award

    11/04/09 Director Danny Boyle has been tapped to receive the 2010 International Award at the British RAAM Awards for cinema.  |  The Hollywood Reporter
  • Danny Boyle nabs directing award

    11/03/09 To Danny Boyle, the idea of winning a career achievement award feels at odds with his youthful energy.  |  Variety
  • McGregor's Spooky Encounter

    10/11/09 Ewan McGregor has never recovered from a spooky experience on his 20th birthday - insisting a ghostly encounter left him scared of the supernatural.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
  • Carlyle Would Work On Boyle's Porno For Free

    09/10/09 Scottish actor Robert Carlyle is desperate for Danny Boyle to film the sequel to cult movie Trainspotting - insisting he would "jump though hoops of fire" to star in an adaptation of Irvine Welsh 's Porno.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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    06/05/09 Hugh Grant, Isabelle Huppert, Willem Dafoe and Judi Dench are among the international thesps expected to add glitz to this year's Shanghai Intl. Film Festival, but the main focus for the Chinese auds will be the Chinese glitterati.  |  Variety
  • McGregor Ready To End Feud With Boyle

    05/26/09 Ewan McGregor has reached out to end his long rift with director Danny Boyle - nearly a decade after the Oscar winner dropped him from a movie.  |  The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)