Lauren Thoman

Nashville

Author: I’LL STOP THE WORLD (Mindy's Book Studio, 2023) YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE (Thomas & Mercer, July 9, 2024) Rep’d by @hroot

Articles

‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Ends With a Hollow Victory. Can the Spinoff Do Better? | Commentary

1 week ago | thewrap.com | Lauren Thoman |Jose Alejandro Bastidas

Note: This story contains spoilers from “The Handmaid’s Tale” Season 6, Episode 10. The sun has set on Gilead. For now.
Where to Stream All the ‘Mission: Impossible’ Movies Right Now

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Thoman

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysWith the eighth “Mission: Impossible” movie, “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” in theaters this month, there’s no better time to catch up on all the previous entries in the adrenaline-pumping franchise.
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 6 Review: Hulu Series Ends With More of the Same Missed Opportunities

2 months ago | thewrap.com | Lauren Thoman |Jose Alejandro Bastidas

In its final season, Hulu’s Emmy-winning dystopian series “The Handmaid’s Tale” asks some familiar questions which many throughout history have struggled with to this day: What does effective resistance look like? Who can we look to for leadership and wisdom in times of great struggle? In the world of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the answer to both is June Osborne.
Survivor Drama Gets More Savage, but Still No Answers to That Creepy Mythology

Feb 14, 2025 | msn.com | Lauren Thoman

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‘Yellowjackets’ Season 3 Review: Survivor Drama Gets More Savage, but Still No Answers to That Creepy Mythology

Feb 14, 2025 | thewrap.com | Lauren Thoman |Jose Alejandro Bastidas

Mirroring the pilot episode, Season 3 of Showtime’s “Yellowjackets” starts out by following a dark-haired teenage girl as she runs through the woods to escape unseen pursuers. But unlike the enigmatic introduction to the series, by the time viewers reach this scene in Season 3, the grisly rules of the hunt have become disturbingly clear: Kill or be eaten.
A Meet-Cute Master Class: 27 Romantic Comedies That Define the Genre

Sep 17, 2024 | backstage.com | Lauren Thoman

I’m just a writer, standing in front of a reader, asking you to take a look at these 27 romantic comedies. After all, the genre is as timeless as any other. From the earliest days of Hollywood to today, audiences keep returning to these feel-good stories that deliver heart flutters and belly laughs in equal measure.
The Hargreeves Family Deserved Better Than The Umbrella Academy’s Cruel Twist

Aug 12, 2024 | pastemagazine.com | Lauren Thoman

After four seasons, the high stakes of The Umbrella Academy feel almost normal. We’ve watched the Hargreeves family fend off multiple apocalypses, to say nothing of the myriad alternate realities that we now accept as par for the course. But with the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy, we knew going in that, with or without an apocalypse, there won’t be anything else after this. This is the end of the line.
Netflix Superhero Drama Wrecks Its Ending

Aug 8, 2024 | msn.com | Lauren Thoman

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‘The Umbrella Academy’ Season 4 Review: Netflix Superhero Drama Wrecks Its Ending

Aug 8, 2024 | thewrap.com | Lauren Thoman |Jose Alejandro Bastidas

For the Hargreeves siblings, the end of the world is getting a little old hat. After all, they’ve thwarted an impending apocalypse every season since “The Umbrella Academy” premiered on Netflix in 2019 (nevermind that they’ve also inadvertently caused all of them), so it makes sense that after sidestepping the kugelblitz at the end of Season 3, they’d be ready for a break.
You Shouldn't Be Here

Aug 3, 2024 | bookreporter.com | Lauren Thoman

In her second novel, YOU SHOULDN’T BE HERE, Lauren Thoman pens another engaging mystery that, like her debut, has a bit of paranormal time travel. Unlike I’LL STOP THE WORLD, in this story the time traveler seems to be a ghost. But as with all well-written mysteries, we don't understand exactly what is happening until the end. And even then, just like the perplexed characters in the book, we aren't completely sure. Ten years ago, 16-year-old Angie had a best friend named Bas, short for Sebastián.