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Ewan McGregor says his twenties were full of massive debauchery

1 April 2012 1:41 AM, PDT | Filmicafe | See recent Filmicafe news »

Ewan McGregor, who recently turned 40 and became a father for the fourth time, says that he fondly remembers his days of being a maniac on the booze.The Perth-born Scot had parents who were both teachers. He was allowed to leave school early to pursue his ambitions of being an actor like his uncle Denis Lawson.McGregor moved to London in his teens to study drama at Guildhall. He was signed up to appear in Dennis Potter.s Lipstick On Your Collar while he was there. It brought him to the attention of Danny Boyle, who cast him in Shallow Grave and later Trainspotting.Released in 1996, Trainspotting transformed him into a poster boy of the Britpop era..It was unbelievable to feel part of it. I used to hang out a bit with Oasis, and Damon Albarn was always knocking about somewhere or other, and like a fan I felt part of it. »

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What To Buy This Week: Blu-ray and DVD releases for January 30th 2012

30 January 2012 4:02 AM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »

Another week, another Monday. So it’s time for the rundown of DVDs and Blu-rays hitting stores online and offline this week. It’s another packed week, with plenty of movies waiting to take you money, so let us breakdown the new releases and highlight what you should – and shouldn’t – be buying from today, January 30th 2012.

Pick Of The Week

Rolling Thunder (Blu-ray)

After spending eight years in a Vietcong prison camp, Major Charles Rane (William Devane, 24) returns home to a small town in Texas to be greeted as a hero with a Cadillac convertible and couple thousand dollars in silver coins, one for each day of his imprisonment. Struggling to go back to his former life, Rane faces another ordeal as a gang of thugs set their sights on his cash prize… Now living only for vengeance, he heads to Mexico to exact his own brand of justice on the fleeing crooks. »

- Phil

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Update - Winner! UK Folk! Win a Perfect Sense signed poster and DVD!

29 January 2012 2:30 PM, PST | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

Congratulations to Gareth Earls! A DVD and signed poster will be on their way.As January drags to a close, what better way to blast out those winter blues than with the cracking sci-fi romance, Perfect Sense. What's that? Still waiting for a post-Christmas pay day? Well, fear not Twitchers, because to celebrate the DVD release on 30th January we have a copy of the DVD, plus a quad poster signed by Ewan McGregor to give away to one lucky reader."Directed by David Mackenzie (Spread; Young Adam; Hallam Foe) from a script by award winning Danish writer Kim Fupz Aakeson (To Love Someone; Pure Hearts) the film co-stars Connie Nielsen (Gladiator), Ewen Bremner (Trainspotting; Snatch; Julien Donkey-Boy), Denis Lawson (Star Wars; Marchlands) and Stephen Dillane (44 Inch Chest; »

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DVD Review: Perfect Sense

28 January 2012 1:51 PM, PST | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »

Perfect Sense

Stars: Eva Green, Ewan McGregor, Connie Nielsen, Stephen Dillane, Denis Lawson | Written by Kim Fupz Aakeson | Directed by David Mackenzie

Perfect Sense spent very little time in the cinema upon its release last year and I was very sorry to miss it. I was therefore glad to receive a test disc to review for its DVD release and pleased to report that it was well worth the wait. Set in present day Glasgow, the film introduces us to Susan (Green) and Michael (McGregor), a scientist and a chef. They meet, get together and fall in love against the backdrop of a global epidemic. An unknown disease afflicts the entire human race, which, over a fairly long period of time, robs people of their senses one by one.

First to go is smell, which the world’s population largely takes in their stride. Taste is next, which proves more troublesome. »

- Jack Kirby

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Denis Lawson replaces James Bolam on 'New Tricks'

11 January 2012 9:26 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Denis Lawson has joined the cast of BBC One crime drama New Tricks. The hit series follows Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman (Amanda Redman) and her team of retired ex-cops as they solve the Met's unsolved crimes. Lawson will replace James Bolam, who announced his departure from the show in September. His character Steve McAllister is described as "a bundle of energetic optimism" and "the antithesis" of Alun Armstrong's Brian Lane. "I'm delighted to be joining Amanda, Alun and Dennis [Waterman] on New Tricks," said Lawson. "I've long admired the show and love its ability to be warm, humorous and gritty simultaneously. I'm really looking forward to being part of it." Executive (more) »

- By Morgan Jeffery

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BBC1 to screen War of the Roses epic

11 January 2012 8:04 AM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »

BBC puts emphasis on drama as it announces new series for year ahead

Having tackled the Tudors, the BBC is taking on the Yorks and the Lancasters in what promises to be an epic BBC1 drama about the War of the Roses.

In a twist on the male-dominated lens through which history is frequently viewed, the epic serial about one of the bloodiest periods in English history will be told from the point of view of powerful women who "shaped their men and who shaped history in the process".

They include queens, mothers, lovers and "witches" and the drama reminds viewers that at the time women could still be burned at the stake for sorcery.

The War of the Roses is an adaptation of Philippa Gregory's best-selling series of books The Cousin's War and is part of a renewed focus on BBC1 drama.

The BBC said that it is »

- Tara Conlan

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