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Alex Abad-Santos

Alex Abad-Santos

Senior Correspondent

    Latest articles by Alex Abad-Santos

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    Review: the Power Rangers movie is magical when it stops trying to be coolReview: the Power Rangers movie is magical when it stops trying to be cool
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    If you want to know what love is, let the last 20 minutes of Power Rangers show you…

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Power Rangers’ credits scene [spoilers], explainedPower Rangers’ credits scene [spoilers], explained
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    [Spoiler] returns!

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Legion episode 7: The most satisfying episode yet makes a challenging season worth itLegion episode 7: The most satisfying episode yet makes a challenging season worth it
    Culture

    Everything begins to make sense.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Netflix and Marvel’s Iron Fist is an ill-conceived, poorly written disasterNetflix and Marvel’s Iron Fist is an ill-conceived, poorly written disaster
    Culture

    But its worst sin is being belligerently boring.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
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    The boycott against Beauty and the Beast is about much more than the movieThe boycott against Beauty and the Beast is about much more than the movie
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    An Alabama movie theater won’t show Beauty and the Beast because of a gay character. But that’s just the start.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The new Beauty and the Beast is a joyous, oddball homage to the animated classicThe new Beauty and the Beast is a joyous, oddball homage to the animated classic
    Culture

    The live-action Beauty and the Beast gets a lot of things right. But it’s still not as good as the original.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Iron Fist isn’t bad because critics don’t get it. It’s bad because Marvel doesn’t get its hero.Iron Fist isn’t bad because critics don’t get it. It’s bad because Marvel doesn’t get its hero.
    Culture

    Iron Fist star Finn Jones will blame everything except his show for being bad.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    9 questions about SoulCycle you were too embarrassed to ask9 questions about SoulCycle you were too embarrassed to ask
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    The company is 10 years old.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    Big Little Lies episode 4: Everyone on the show needs some therapyBig Little Lies episode 4: Everyone on the show needs some therapy
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    The fourth episode of the series really gets into the heads of everyone in Monterey.

    By Alex Abad-Santos
    Culture
    The outrage over Marvel, Magneto, and Nazis, explainedThe outrage over Marvel, Magneto, and Nazis, explained
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    Magneto is a Jewish Holocaust survivor. But Marvel might be making him allies with Hydra, an organization with Nazi roots.

    By Alex Abad-Santos

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