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Movie Review – T2 Trainspotting (2017)

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T2 Trainspotting. 2017 Directed by Danny Boyle Starring Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Anjela Nedyalkova and Kelly Macdonald. SYNOPSIS: Set two decades after the 1996 cult hit, T2 Trainspotting sees the original foursome reunite as middle-aged men in Edinburgh, grappling with their past demons and present failures. Nostalgia and money can […]

Ewan McGregor replaces Charlie Hunnam in Drake Doremus’ Zoe

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Deadline has revealed that Ewan McGregor has signed on to appear in Zoe, the new film from director Drake Doremus (Equals), replacing the previously cast Charlie Hunnam, who has been forced to drop out of the project due to scheduling difficulties. McGregor will star alongside Lea Seydoux (Spectre) in the film, which “follows two colleagues […]

Movie Review – American Pastoral (2016)

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American Pastoral, 2016. Directed by Ewan McGregor. Starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter Riegart, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Rita Cohen and David Strathairn. SYNOPSIS: In 1968, a hardworking man, who’s been a staple in his quaint community for years, watches his seemingly perfect middle class life fall apart as his daughter’s new radical […]

Ewan McGregor almost turned down the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels

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While George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy has come in for an enormous amount of criticism from fans of the saga, one aspect that most can agree is worthy of the Star Wars name is Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Well, as it turns out, despite being a huge fan of the franchise, McGregor almost […]

Ewan McGregor is keen on a couple of Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars spinoffs

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Since briefly reprising the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi for a single line of dialogue in last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ewan McGregor has said on multiple occasions that he’d like to return as the venerable Jedi Knight for a Star Wars Anthology movie, and he’s been at it again this week during an […]

TIFF 2016: Ewan McGregor and cast discuss American Pastoral

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Ewan McGregor and the cast discuss American Pastoral at the Toronto International Film Festival… When a high-profile actor decides to turn his eye to the director’s chair, the decision generates a lot of interest over how they’d handle their role. A lot of eyes were on Ewan McGregor as he took on American Pastoral, a […]

TIFF 2016 Review – American Pastoral (2016)

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American Pastoral, 2016. Directed by Ewan McGregor. Starring Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connolly, Dakota Fanning, Rupert Evans, Uzo Aduba, Molly Parker, David Strathairn, Valerie Curry, Peter Riegert. SYNOPSIS: In 1968, a hardworking man, who’s been a staple in his quaint community for years, watches his seemingly perfect middle class life fall apart as his daughter’s new […]

Movie Review – Jane Got a Gun (2016)

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Jane Got a Gun, 2016. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Noah Emmerich, Rodrigo Santoro, Boyd Holbrook, and Ewan McGregor. SYNOPSIS: A woman asks her ex-lover for help in order to save her outlaw husband from a gang out to kill him. Poor Natalie Portman. What looked on paper like a somewhat […]