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- ↑ Anderson, John and Laura Kim. I Wake Up Screening: What To Do Once You've Made That Movie, p. 195 (2006) ( ISBN 2854188535) (Thomas "can also be very generous to filmmakers")
- ↑ Berlin, Joey (June 4, 2001). For Studios, Junkets Are Just Cost-Effective, Los Angeles Times ("I did chuckle, however, at the juxtaposition of Rosenberg's smug "expose" and Kevin Thomas' rave review of "Pearl Harbor."")
- ↑ von Busack, Richard (July 19, 2006). "Critical Masses – Upon reading the 1,000,000th 'the critic is dead' posting in a blog". Metro Silicon Valley .
Even 30 years ago, he was known as "the Will Rogers of film criticism"—he never saw a movie he didn't like.
- ↑ "Pioneering Film Critic Kevin Thomas to be Recognized by Lesbian & Gay Journalists at National Convention". HighBeam Research . July 10, 2003. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Members". GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics: Home of The Dorian Awards. Retrieved Oct. 5, 2019
