All The Pieces Fall in to Place as SXSW Adds Tetris

New titles include experimental Visions and 24 Beats Per Second

"...Director: Emma Westenberg Producers: Mark Amin, Christine Vachon, Clara McGregor, Vera Bulder, Greg Lauritano, Mason Plotts, Cami Winikoff, Screenwriter:..."

Feb. 1, 2023 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2022 Awards Short Lists

Everything Everywhere All At Once leads nominee pack

"...• Stephen Lang, Avatar: The Way of Water • Ewan McGregor, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio • Zoe Saldana, Avatar:..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Beats

Scottish rave-culture story gets the details right but loses sight of the big picture

"...years between Irvine Welsh's portmanteau novel being published and Ewan McGregor's star-making turn, it had gone from the underground..."

June 26, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Harleen makes her own way without Mr. J.

"...Directed by: Cathy Yan. Starring: Margot Robbie, Ewan McGregor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez, Chris..."

Feb. 14, 2020 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Doctor Sleep

Back to the cinematic hallowed ground of the Overlook Hotel

"...Directed by: Mike Flanagan. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff Curtis, Roger Dale..."

Nov. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Christopher Robin

Back to the Hundred Acre Wood in this live-action sequel

"...Directed by: Marc Forster. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, Bronte Carmichael and Mark Gatiss...."

Aug. 10, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Unleashing the Summer Blockbusters

Your cinematic calendar for the must-see big releases

"...Christopher Robin (Buena Vista, not yet rated) Ewan McGregor brings the Hundred Acre Wood to postwar London...."

May 18, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

What’cha Watchin’?

Real life is hardcore enough. Music Editor Raoul Hernandez finds sweet escapism in streaming kinder, gentler TV.

"...third season of Fargo drops on Hulu, bring on Ewan McGregor!..."

Oct. 27, 2017 Screens Column

The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)

The return of Twin Peaks is cause for celebration

"...from the entire cast (notably Carrie Coon, David Thewlis, Ewan McGregor, and Michael Stuhlbarg), season 3 has done the..."

June 23, 2017 Screens Post by Mark Fagan

ATX Television Festival 2017

Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley comes home

"...entire ensemble that has been superlatively in sync, with Ewan McGregor's dual turn as a pair of twin brothers..."

June 9, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

So What Is Trainspotting Anyway?

Choose life. Choose a sequel. Choose director Danny Boyle.

"...catches up with the gang two decades after Renton (Ewan McGregor) does a midnight flit with the £16,000 the..."

March 24, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

T2 Trainspotting

The sequel to the 1996 classic

"...Directed by: Danny Boyle. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, Steven..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Beauty and the Beast

A live-action remake of the Disney film

"...Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Audra McDonald and Ian McKellen...."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Resurrection of Gavin Stone

A former actor finds faith in his hometown

"...spiritually challenging New Testament offerings within recent memory – Ewan McGregor as both Jesus and Satan in Rodrigo García’s..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

We Learned It by Watching Movies

A film primer for the best in wicked entertainment

"...star who fakes his own death. It also features Ewan McGregor as Slade's love interest, Curt Wild, and Eddie..."

Jan. 6, 2017 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

American Pastoral

Philip Roth's beloved book hits the screen

"...Directed by: Ewan McGregor. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Jennifer Connelly, Dakota Fanning, Peter..."

Nov. 11, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Our Kind of Traitor

Stellan Skarsgård and Damien Lewis rock this John le Carré adaptation

"...Directed by: Susanna White. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Damian Lewis, Jeremy Northam,..."

July 1, 2016 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Last Days in the Desert

Ewan McGregor plays both Jesus and the devil in this secular imagining

"...Directed by: Rodrigo García. Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tye Sheridan, Ciarán Hinds and Ayelet Zurer...."

May 20, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Looking at the Big Picture

Paramount Summer Classic Film Series goes large

"...Baz Luhrmann released Moulin Rouge. A "rock opera" starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman – this was not my..."

May 20, 2016 Screens Feature by Sarah Marloff

Miles Ahead

Don Cheadle stars in and directs this unusual Miles Davis biopic

"...Directed by: Don Cheadle. Starring: Don Cheadle, Ewan McGregor, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michael Stuhlbarg and Lakeith Lee Stanfield...."

April 15, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Kill the Trumpet Player

Don Cheadle does Miles Davis in freak-fusion biopic Miles Ahead

"...him and a fictional Rolling Stone journalist, played by Ewan McGregor, in their quest to recover a secret session..."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Michael Agresta

Jane Got a Gun

Natalie Portman stars in and produced this Western

"...Directed by: Gavin O'Connor. Starring: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Rodrigo Santoro, Noah Emmerich and Boyd Holbrook...."

Feb. 5, 2016 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Film Announces Features Lineup

Competitive narratives and docs unveiled, plus more

"...Richard Elis, Laura Patch, Roger Evans, Hannah Daniel, Ben McGregor, Claire Cage (North American Premiere)..."

Feb. 2, 2016 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Eat East Returns

Today's Austin food news

"...will probably not be an appearance from Scottish actor Ewan McGregor, but a boy can dream...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Food Post by Brandon Watson

Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball

The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state's best filmmaking

"...Love, 5 to 7, and the upcoming film starring Ewan McGregor, Last Days in the Desert...."

March 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mortdecai

Johnny Depp fails to unleash his inner Peter Sellers in this globetrotting spy comedy.

"...Directed by: David Koepp. Starring: Johnny Depp, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ewan McGregor, Paul Bettany and Olivia Munn...."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Port Authority

The intertwined monologues of Conor McPherson's drama provide a showcase for three fine Austin actors

"...timing of his protégé, Nate Jackson (Kevin). Not since Ewan McGregor's Renton has a twentysomething rapscallion made England's neighbors..."

July 18, 2014 Arts Review by Stacy Alexander Smith

A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane furthers his Hollywood onslaught with this Western spoof in which he's no longer strictly a voice talent but is now playing the onscreen lead.

"...cameos by the likes of Christopher Lloyd, Gilbert Gottfried, Ewan McGregor, and Bill Maher. The film’s modern language keeps..."

May 30, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

August: Osage County

Plates are broken and egos are trampled on in this wonderful ensemble rendition of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

"...John Wells. Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Chris Cooper, Ewan McGregor, Margo Martindale, Abigail Breslin, Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliette Lewis,..."

Jan. 10, 2014 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Hunted'/'The Grapes of Death'

Horror auteur Rollin abandons vampires for mental decline

"...• The Impossible (Summit Entertainment): Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor show new maturity as parents struggling to survive..."

April 23, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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