Tatiana Santos

Tatiana Santos

Contributing Writer

Was online: October 20 at 11:51 am Last date of publication: October 20, 2026 12:35 pm Number of publications: 696
Team Startefacts

I'm no Aja Romano, but I try.

Marvel, Supernatural, Star Trek, and everything fandom-related in between. If it's worth reading, watching, or listening to — I'm on it, and telling you about it.

I've been at Startefacts since the actual beginning back in 2022.

One of my early assignments was covering CinemaCon in Las Vegas, where I sat in a dark hall geeking out over Doctor Strange footage and thought: God, this is a dream job for me.

Well, turns out — not THE dream job, per se. Entertainment journalism is hard, harder than ever in 2026, with AI threatening your integrity and your work ethic at every turn. But hey: I still try. I love what I do, and I love writing about the MCU, however shitty their movies have gotten over the last few years. I'm still in my chair in a movie theater when a new Nolan movie comes out, or a Guy Ritchie movie, or frankly any Statham movie.

What I cover: the MCU and superhero cinema, long-running genre TV (Supernatural, Star Trek, and their fandoms), fan culture and how it shapes what gets made, action filmmaking and the directors who take it seriously.

How I work: I watch the thing before I write about it — the whole thing, not the recap. I rewatch scenes when my memory isn't reliable, which is often. I check release dates, credits, production history, and source material against primary sources — press notes, the books, the people who made it — not the top-ranking aggregator. If I got something wrong, I fix it and say so in the piece.

Where else to find me: Twitter/X — tips, corrections, and complaints about my Statham opinions all welcome.

Latest News by Tatiana Santos

How many seasons of Criminal Minds are there in total, Evolution counted? The show CBS ended in 2020 refuses to stay dead
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
How many seasons of Criminal Minds are there in total, Evolution counted? The show CBS ended in 2020 refuses to stay dead
Counting the seasons of Criminal Minds is not the simple errand it sounds like, and that is entirely CBS's fault.
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How many seasons of Blue Bloods are there in total? The finale drew 11 million — and CBS still never said why it ended
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
How many seasons of Blue Bloods are there in total? The finale drew 11 million — and CBS still never said why it ended
CBS has canceled plenty of shows for the usual reason: nobody was watching. This is not one of those stories.
Is Jon Hamm's American Hostage worth streaming? Our MGM+ review
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Is Jon Hamm's American Hostage worth streaming? Our MGM+ review
Here's the pitch that got me: February 1977, Indianapolis. A man named Tony Kiritsis wires a sawed-off shotgun to the neck of the mortgage broker he blames for ruining him, rigs it to fire if police shoot him, and then — this is the part — spends a 63-hour standoff demanding airtime from the city's most trusted radio newsman, Fred Heckman.
What's next after the Stranger Things finale: two spinoff shows are locked — and the Duffers' first rule is no Eleven, no Hopper
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
What's next after the Stranger Things finale: two spinoff shows are locked — and the Duffers' first rule is no Eleven, no Hopper
The Stranger Things finale aired on New Year's Eve, Hawkins got its sunset, and Netflix's biggest franchise did the thing biggest franchises do: it immediately kept going.
The Day Drinker trailer debuts a white-haired Johnny Depp — and a release date for his first big-studio movie since the trial
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
The Day Drinker trailer debuts a white-haired Johnny Depp — and a release date for his first big-studio movie since the trial
The first trailer for Day Drinker has arrived, and the headline attraction is Johnny Depp looking like a man who wandered off a tarot card: white-silver hair, a heavy beard, unsettlingly blue eyes, and the general energy of someone who knows how the movie ends.
A Different World reboot cast: who returns in the 2026 Netflix release — and which original star directs the premiere
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
A Different World reboot cast: who returns in the 2026 Netflix release — and which original star directs the premiere
Thirty-nine years to the day after A Different World first sent us to Hillman College, Netflix reopened the gates: the sequel series landed September 24, and the enrollment paperwork alone made me emotional.
Nicolas Cage's Madden movie trailer is here: the release date lands just before Thanksgiving
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Nicolas Cage's Madden movie trailer is here: the release date lands just before Thanksgiving
The full trailer for Madden is here, and I'm going to need everyone to remain seated: Nicolas Cage is in the headset, he is yelling, and it is everything the phrase "Nicolas Cage plays John Madden" promised us it would be.
Chicago Fire season 15 release date: an October premiere — and one Firehouse 51 original is packing up after 14 years
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Chicago Fire season 15 release date: an October premiere — and one Firehouse 51 original is packing up after 14 years
One Chicago returns with a cliffhanger to resolve, a new boss behind the curtain, and a goodbye that's going to hurt the longtime faithful.
Renewed before season 3 even aired: Shrinking season 4 targets a 2027 release date
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Renewed before season 3 even aired: Shrinking season 4 targets a 2027 release date
Apple greenlit more therapy a full day before anyone had seen the new season — and the show has spent 2026 proving why that wasn't reckless.
Modern Family ended with more episodes than Friends and Seinfeld — how many seasons it took in total
Tatiana Santos
Tatiana Santos
Modern Family ended with more episodes than Friends and Seinfeld — how many seasons it took in total
The sitcom you remember as "pleasant" out-produced two shows routinely called the greatest of all time — the math is a little humbling.