Kevin Thomas
  • 'The Stepfather'

    "The Stepfather" is that rarity, an effective remake of a screen classic that can stand alone on its own considerable merits. Director Nelson McCormick and writer J.S. Cardone deftly reworked the 1987 original (written by Donald E....

  • Emmy-winning actor Browne Dies at 81

    ...the complete sonnets of Shakespeare and the Old Testament of the Bible. In an interview with Times film writer Kevin Thomas in 1969, Browne noted in his wry manner that his voice had always been a cause for comment. While he was on location......

  • Welles Cinematograher Graver Dies

    ... Graver's camera work on "The Other Side of the Wind" was "wonderfully gifted in the use of color," said Kevin Thomas, a longtime movie critic for The Times who is now a freelance contributor. "Gary's career unfolded almost entirely......

  • Actress Frances Bergen Dies at 84

    ...prolonged illness, said family spokeswoman Heidi Schaeffer. Bergen was once described by former Times film reviewer Kevin Thomas as "one of Hollywood 's enduring, elegant beauties." She was Frances Westerman, a graduate of Los Angeles......

  • 'Quinceanera'

    'Quinceanera' takes its title from the Latino custom of celebrating a girl's 15th birthday as elaborately as a family can afford. Endearing and perceptive, it is set in picturesque Echo Park, a neighborhood rapidly undergoing gentrification....