Washington reviews of the last X-Men movie

Dark Phoenix is the Disappointing End of an X-Men Era [in print as Ashes to Ashes].

The franchise tries the Dark Phoenix Saga once again.

Alan Zilberman

Washington City Paper June 7, 2019 p. 19

online at https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/film-tv/article/21072005/dark-phoenix-reviewed

With 'Dark Phoenix,' the X-Men saga goes out with a whimper, not a bang [in print as X-Men's probable swan song is a dirge]

By Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post June 7 2019, p. Weekend 21.

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/with-dark-phoenix-the-x-men-saga-goes-out-with-a-whimper-not-a-bang/2019/06/04/2fa7ad44-848b-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html 

'Dark Phoenix' Channels The Cosmic Power Of The Comics, Avoids Going Down In Flames 

Glen Weldon  

NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour June 6, 2019

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/06/729639093/dark-phoenix-channels-the-cosmic-power-of-the-comics-avoids-going-down-in-flames

 

'Dark Phoenix' Review: X-Women Power? Nah

The new installment in the long-running franchise has blowouts and Jessica Chastain channeling Tilda Swinton (so it could be worse).

By Manohla Dargis

A version of this article appears in print on June 7, 2019, on Page C6 of the New York edition with the headline: Superhero Tale With Feminist Spin, Till Momentum Fails

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/movies/dark-phoneix-review.html

Watch Sophie Turner and Michael Fassbender Battle in 'Dark Phoenix'

The writer Simon Kinberg narrates a sequence from his directing debut in the X-Men franchise.

By Mekado Murphy

• June 7, 2019

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/07/movies/dark-phoenix-clip.html

https://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000006545429/dark-phoenix-scene.html