The 20-year hiatus between the creation of “Trainspotting” and its sequel left some questions about the viability of a follow-up storyline about the misadventures of a group of Scottish heroin addicts ...

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In most cases they have all sunk without a trace because to be honest, they were awful. So when it was announced that after 20 years a sequel to the cult 1996 movie Trainspotting was in the works, the ...

Twenty years ago, Danny Boyle’s adaption of Irving Welsh’s heroin chic novel “Trainspotting” opened with a young Ewan McGregor running manically through the streets of Edinburgh while Iggy Pop’s “Lust ...

There’s a scene in “T2: Trainspotting” when Renton (Ewan MacGregor) is back in his old childhood bedroom in Edinburgh, about to drop the needle to play Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life.” The pounding song ...

The pleasure of watching “T2 Trainspotting” is different from that of other movies. The pleasure comes mostly from the director, Danny Boyle, but it’s not the pleasure of bedazzlement, of getting ...

This follow-up to the hit film Trainspotting is based on author Irvine Welsh's own sequel novel entitled Porno, which catches up with Sick Boy, Renton, Begbie and Spud ten years later in a foray into ...

Some sequels are worth the wait. A full two decades after Danny Boyle's heroin-soaked "Trainspotting" blew our doors off with its cutting-edge visuals, dark energy and unforgettable soundtrack, not to ...

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If you're of a certain age, Danny Boyle's 1996 film "Trainspotting" was an earth-shattering, mind-expanding event. There was a Before "Trainspotting" and an After "Trainspotting," which was ...