The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Rating: ★★
Dec 13, 2010Epic Fantasy Adventure/Magical Otherworld
Another lacklustre entry in the banal Lord of the Rings Lite franchise from C.S. Lewis's books, a plodding run of the mill fantasy adventure for the most part. The mediocre reception killed off interest in the series

The Maze Runner (2014)

The Maze Runner (2014)
Rating: ★★★
Sep 28, 2014Young Adult/Maze World/Conceptual Breakthrough Story
One of the better among the current fad for Young Adult dystopian SF works post-The Hunger Games. This dispenses with dystopian Coming of Age stories and gives us a fascinating conceptual mystery even if the answers prove underwhelming

The Death Cure (2018)

The Death Cure (2018)
Rating:
Apr 21, 2018Young Adult/Dystopian-Post-Holocaust Adventure
The Maze Runner was a solid Young Adult effort that built out an effective Conceptual Breakthrough story; this the second of two sequels that feel like a series of canned action scenes in search of a purpose

The Little Stranger (2018)

The Little Stranger (2018)
Rating: ★★★
Apr 6, 2020Ghost Story
Lenny Abrahamson, who made the amazing Room, adapts a ghost story from Sarah Waters, an author who usually specialises in literary Victorian lesbian bodice rippers. The ghost story is an overmined genre of late but this is a not uninteresting venture into the field.

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (2023)

Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (2023)
Rating: ★★★
Jul 15, 2023Marvel Comics Adaptation/Space Opera
Third of the Guardians of the Galaxy films, this successfully recaptures the nature of the goofy ensemble comedy caper that made the first film such a winner but seemed to be missing in the second

Death of a Unicorn (2025)

Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Rating: ★★★
Aug 2, 2025Modern Discovery of a Unicorn
A film about the modern discovery of a unicorn, this seems designed to shatter any cutsie notions about unicorns and instead becomes a work about greed and where the unicorns become vicious and monstrous. An A24 film produced by Ari Aster