KEANU REEVES ARTICLES AND INTERVIEWS ARCHIVE
1986 - 1990
This is possibly my favourite part of the archive: the articles and interviews written before The Anu got famous, detailing his early work trying to make it in Hollywood. He was a lot more open and spontaneous in interviews then, and some of the best interviews took place in this time period. Plus, there is the awesome foreshadowing that can be very, very funny when looked at in hindsight. Like all those critics touting him as the great new talent to look out for; compared with what critics say about him now, the difference is amazing. And hilarious.
...I'm only writing these introductory paragraphs because otherwise the page doesn't look as cool. Admittedly, few things look cool in the presence of Keanu, who tends to be cooler than most other things. Except maybe liquid nitrogen, which is really, really cool. However, some detractors insist that Keanu is not cool, but hot, especially in the summertime. This has made a lot of people very confused. Such is the nature of the universe: things in it are confusing, and that's why we have tea.
1986
| December 19 | TV Weekend; Drew Barrymore Stars in 'Babes in Toyland' (comments: 7) | John J. O'Connor | The New York Times (US) |
1987
| May 20 | Psst - this snitch is going places in 'River' (comments: 8) | Tom Green | USA Today (US) |
| July 5 | Is this teen scream the new DeNiro? | George Anthony | Toronto Sun (Ca) |
| September | (Title Unknown) | -- | Splice (US) |
| October | The Natural | Kimberley Leston | The Face (UK) |
1988
| January | Keanu Reeves | Kevin J. Koffler, Karen Hardy | The New Breed: Actors Coming of Age (US) |
| January 1 | Permanent Record (comments: 1) | -- | Variety (US) |
| May | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure | Kim Howard Johnson | Starlog (US) |
| September | Keanu Reeves: Growing Up on the Move | James A. Baggett | Choices Magazine (US) |
| September | Off Camera | -- | Playboy (US) |
| September 14 | He Just Doesn't Act His Age | Jim Farber | New York Daily News (US) |
| September 18 | Eye on Keanu Reeves: Starting to Connect; A Rising Star (comments: 3) | Patrick Pacheco | Newsday (US) |
| October 1 | Like a Chinese Menu (comments: 9) | Leonard Klady | Los Angeles Times (US) |
1989
| Spring | Keanu Reeves - The Prince | -- | Young Americans (UK) |
| Autumn | Reeves Breeze | -- | Young Americans (UK) |
| January 1 | Reeves' Edge | John Griffiths | t&b (US) |
| February | Keanu Reeves: Hawaiian Punk | Shari Roman | Details Magazine (US) |
| March | Valley Boys | Brad Kessler | Interview (US) |
| March | Peachy Keanu | David Aldridge | Film Review (UK) |
| March | Prince of Comedy | Angela Holden | Sky (UK) |
| March 9 | Peaking in the Valley | Lynn Snowden | Rolling Stone (US) |
| April 12 | TV or not TV | Mike Hughes | Gannett News Service (US) |
| April 16 | Bill & Ted's Unexpected Blockbuster | -- | San Jose Mercury News (US) |
| April 20 | Solid, Dude (comments: 10) | -- | Rolling Stone (US) |
| July | An Actor Called Keanu Reeves | -- | Girlfriend (Aus) |
| August 31 | For Keanu Reeves, Angst and Adventure | Hans Kellner | The Philadelphia Inquirer (US) |
| December | Keanu Reeves (say it Key-ah-noo). It means "Cool Breeze from the Mountains" (comments: 2) | Karen Krizanovich | Sky (UK) |
1990
| February | The Young and the Restless | Joe Queenan | Movieline (US) |
| April | Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Previewed | -- | Starburst (UK) |
| April | Always Wondrous & Weird & Whatever | James Cameron-Wilson | Film Review (UK) |
| April 9 | Oddball parts get Reeves' career rolling | Stephen Schaefer | USA Today (US) |
| April 14 | Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure | Kate Davies | Number One (UK) |
| May | Turbo-Charged and Exploding | David Aldridge | Film Review (UK) |
| May | An Excellent Interview with Stephen Herek | Alan Jones | Starburst (UK) |
| September | Keanu Reeves | Dennis Cooper | Interview (US) |