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Desson Thomson
Born
Desson Patrick Thomson[1][2]
1958 (age 65–66)
Surrey, England
Alma mater
American University
Occupation(s)
Journalist and speechwriter
Desson Patrick Thomson is a former speechwriter for the Obama administration and former film critic for The Washington Post. He was known as Desson Howe until 2003 when he changed his name after reuniting with his birth father.
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Desson Patrick Thomson is a former speechwriter for the Obama administration and former film critic for The Washington Post. He was known as Desson Howe...
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Spielberg should not have tried to mature his storytelling. Two days later, DessonThomson published a positive review praising the film's adventure and action...
Everything is style. The performances seem deliberately angled as satire." DessonThomson of The Washington Post described The Hudsucker Proxy as being "pointlessly...
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in the book, from westerns to film noir to sword-and-sandal epics." DessonThomson of Washington Post also gave the film a negative review and said that...
better judgment, you root for the pair to beat the odds against them." DessonThomson of The Washington Post praised Gosling's "beguiling unaffectedness"...
than most Hollywood thrillers and even those Law & Order procedurals." DessonThomson of The Washington Post called the film "involving and skillfully mounted"...
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