Cal Brennan · year in review

2026

61 logs, 61 rated, mean 3.86. 25 films, 10 seriess, 9 books, 6 albums, 11 games.

The year in five lines
  1. Cal Brennan logged 61 titles and rated 61, averaging 3.9★; 13 got five stars.
  2. The year in one title: Bluey (2018).
  3. Kindest to Paddington 2, 1.3 above the crowd; hardest on Hollow Knight, 2.6 below.
  4. May was the busiest month, with 14 logs.
  5. Maker of the year: David Fincher, 2 titles.

Everything below is the long version.

  • Their year, in one title
    Bluey 2018★★★★★

    Our pick: the title that best explains everything else you loved.

  • Kindest call
    Paddington 2 2017★★★★★

    1.3 stars above the crowd.

  • Harshest call
    Hollow Knight 2017★★

    2.6 stars below the crowd.

Maker of the year
David Fincher

2 titles this year.

Blind spot of the year

raw

Nothing Cal Brennan loved this year went far toward raw (craft attention).

By the numbers

  • 61
    rated
  • 54 h
    in films
  • 56
    days with a log
  • 7
    reviews
  • 188
    words written
  • 8
    rewatches
  • 13
    five stars
  • 3.5★
    most common rating
Month by month
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May was the busiest month, with 14 logs.

Ratings
0.52 stars: 12.5 stars: 43 stars: 933.5 stars: 154 stars: 134.5 stars: 65 stars: 135
mean 3.86 · 0.3 stars harsher than the crowd
Genres
  • Drama20 · 3.8
  • Adventure19 · 3.9
  • Comedy13 · 4.2
  • Action9 · 3.9
  • Science Fiction9 · 4.3
  • Crime6 · 3.6
Decades
  • 1960s2
  • 1970s3
  • 1980s5
  • 1990s9
  • 2000s6
  • 2010s25
  • 2020s11

Fun facts

  • The oldest thing Cal Brennan logged was Dune from 1965; the newest, BEEF from 2023. That is 58 years of range.
  • The longest sit was Titanic at 3 h 14 min, and it earned it.
  • The year opened with The Truman Show (5★) and closed with Everything Everywhere All at Once (5★).
  • 54 hours in films: 2.3 full days of the year.
  • Cal Brennan logged across 5 media this year. Omnivore territory.
  • 8 returns to things already loved. Comfort is a taste too.

Five stars

  • Titanic
  • Back to the Future
  • WALL·E
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Bluey
  • Rumours
  • The Truman Show
  • Spirited Away
  • Ted Lasso
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons