You won’t find a more arresting opening scene in movie history: At the start of Danny Boyle’s caffeinated classic Trainspotting, we see Ewan McGregor’s character, Mark Renton, race down Princess ...

TRAINSPOTTING is one of my favourite films of all time and became a cultural phenomenon when it was released in 1996. And now ...

David Bowie said no to a lot of people. Since Bowie's passing, we've learned that he declined to collaborate with people like Coldplay and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and he famously refused to allow ...

I fire up Netflix and rewatch an opening scene that I have long since committed to memory: The spirited beat of “Lust for Life” replaces the rhythm of feet pounding sidewalk as Renton and his friends ...

The soundtrack to the sequel to Danny Boyle's 1996 film has leaked (and subsequently been removed) onto Amazon UK. Danny Boyle‘s 1996 film “Trainspotting” follows a group of heroin addicts in an ...

One of the reasons why the movie Trainspotting was so beloved back in 1996 was its soundtrack, full of stars from the contemporary world of Britpop such as Elastica, Pulp, Underworld and Leftfield.

The rock band Oasis, Britain's hottest act in the late 1990s and early 2000s, turned down a chance to be on the soundtrack of the movie "Trainspotting" because band members thought it was about ...

Released in 1996, Trainspotting hit cinemas at a time when Great Britain was beginning to find its swagger again. The moniker Cool Britannia was even being used to label the country's surge in pop ...

Before they even knew what it was, the Britpop generation knew they were going to see Trainspotting. No matter if they had not read the book or did not understand the title, the teaser trailer had ...

After seven years of director Danny Boyle teasing us with the prospect of a Trainspotting sequel, Renton, Begbie and their reprobate friends are finally coming back to the big screen. The core cast ...