The Trainspotting sequel successfully recreates the humour and grit of the original, but also finds new layers of reflection ...

Attempting to make a sequel to a film nearly twenty years after the original is generally a risky prospect, specifically for films that were cultural landmarks at the time of their release. Not only ...

This sequel to the groundbreaking 1995 Scottish film about young heroin addicts and petty criminals has the principals older, but not wiser. It’s nostalgic fun for fans of the first movie. Twenty ...

Taking place 20 years after the original's events, which chronicled the experiences of a group of heroin users in 1990s ...

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 ...

Much like the question facing Disney when it was considering a remake of the 1990’s animated classic “Beauty and the Beast,” the team behind another (and very different) classic 90’s film, ...

Twenty years have gone by. Much has changed but just as much remains the same. Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor) returns to the only place he can ever call home. They are waiting for him: Spud (Ewen Bremner ...

Set 20 years after the original movie, we see our favourite once drug-addled Scotsman reunited. After Renton pledged to make his life better and stop taking heroin, he ran off with the takings of the ...

The sequel to Danny Boyle's blisteringly original 1997 movie lacks that film's structure and insight, but the cast can still generate fitful... The opening minutes of Danny Boyle's Trainspotting stand ...