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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Is 'Dark Phoenix' a satisfying end to the X-Men film franchise?

    Our critics review "Dark Phoenix," the 12th installment in the X-Men film series, starring Sophie Turner as Jean Grey/Phoenix; "I Am Mother," a Netflix original about a teen girl raised by a robot; "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," about a…

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    KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Jun 7, 2019 • 1 min read

    Our critics review "Dark Phoenix," the 12th installment in the X-Men film series, starring Sophie Turner as Jean Grey/Phoenix; "I Am Mother," a Netflix original about a teen girl raised by a robot; "The Last Black Man in San Francisco," about a young man trying to reclaim the house built by his grandfather.

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    The full episode

    3 of 4
    LA gets 24 Michelin stars, should we care?
    1. 0:00How the restructuring of California’s prisons has helped the Aryan Brotherhood thrive
    2. 10:20LA has 24 new Michelin stars, but after being snubbed for so long, should we care?
    3. 19:55Is 'Dark Phoenix' a satisfying end to the X-Men film franchise?You’re reading this
    4. 33:10Ron Howard documents the life of opera singer Luciano Pavarotti
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