Reviews, news and notes from The Hollywood Reporter's (@THR) decades of archives since 1930. By @Erik_Hayden
Hollywood, CA
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15 years ago today on the cover of @THR: "Jackson & Spielberg"
"In an exclusive interview in Paris, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson reveal the secrets behind their first-time working relationship and the ambitious $140 million project that brings a beloved comics character to the big screen."
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Today in 1994: MGM unveils sci-fi actioner 'Stargate' in theaters, where it would go on to gross $196 million globally and launch a TV franchise.
"Two adventure-filled hours of mind-blowing trips across the universe, sticky-tongued creatures, furious battles, giant flying pyramids, sandstorms and love among the hieroglyphs, Stargate is a blast from the past..."
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Today in 1955: Warner Bros. releases teenage drama 'Rebel Without a Cause' just a month after star James Dean's death in an automobile accident
"It contains some extraordinarily good acting by the late James Dean, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo"
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5 years ago today on @THR's cover: "Will Ferrell Just Wants to Entertain You"
“People come up to me all the time, like, ‘Oh my gosh, it’s you! Do something funny!’ and I don’t know what I’m supposed to say.”
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25 years ago today: 'Donnie Darko' hits theaters
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Today in 1984: 'The Terminator' arrives in theaters.
Weeks before, this trade ad was placed in @THR announcing the logline of the feature.
In its review, critic Kirk Ellis wrote, "No doubt about it: Arnold Schwarzenegger was born to play The Terminator."
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Today in 1997: ‘Gattaca’ hits theaters — "Andrew Niccol has concocted a zesty story potion."
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20 years ago on @THR's front page: Christopher Nolan gets a notable box office win with 'The Prestige'
"Christopher Nolan’s movies zero in on men in the throes of obsession, characters who desperately search for that one thing that will make their existence less compromised...."
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Today in 2004: 'Sideways' hits theaters —
"If film critics employed a 0 to 100 rating scale such as some wine critics do, then Sideways would rate about a 98."
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Today in 1964: 'My Fair Lady' holds its premiere at the Criterion Theatre in New York.
@THR's review gave an all-caps headline treatment to its take, calling the feature an "EXTRAORDINARY, EXQUISITE GEM OF FILM-MAKING."
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"Seth MacFarlane secretly wishes Family Guy would end as he expands his multibillion-dollar empire with The Flintstones, a shockingly well-received singing career, talk of a potential Star Trek reboot and an astonishing ambition to not be pigeonholed"
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"The famously private actress opens up about the hard-but-healing process of making the year's most anticipated Marvel sequel — while still mourning Chadwick Boseman — and her ambivalence personifying Black beauty..."
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