Gaz · year in review

2026

62 logs, 62 rated, mean 3.23. 35 films, 9 television, 3 books, 5 albums, 10 games.

The year in five lines
  1. Gaz logged 62 titles and rated 62, averaging 3.2★; 2 got five stars.
  2. The year in one title: The Thing (1982).
  3. Kindest to Hereditary, 1.4 above the crowd; hardest on Forrest Gump, 2.8 below.
  4. May was the busiest month, with 16 logs.
  5. Maker of the year: Kendrick Lamar, 2 titles.

Everything below is the long version.

  • Their year, in one title
    The Thing 1982★★★★★

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

  • The surprise
    John Wick 2014★★★★

    Runs against their usual leans, and Gaz loved it anyway.

  • Kindest call
    Hereditary 2018★★★★★

    1.4 stars above the crowd.

  • Harshest call
    Forrest Gump 1994★½

    2.8 stars below the crowd.

Maker of the year
Kendrick Lamar

2 titles this year.

Blind spot of the year

raw

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

By the numbers

  • 62
    rated
  • 78 h
    in films
  • 53
    days with a log
  • 5
    reviews
  • 103
    words written
  • 7
    rewatches
  • 2
    five stars
  • 3★
    most common rating
Month by month
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May was the busiest month, with 16 logs.

Ratings
1.5 stars: 42 stars: 22.5 stars: 93 stars: 173.5 stars: 144 stars: 104.5 stars: 45 stars: 2
mean 3.23 · 0.9 stars harsher than the crowd
Genres
  • Adventure22 · 3.1★
  • Drama21 · 3.2★
  • Action17 · 3.3★
  • Science Fiction14 · 3.1★
  • Comedy14 · 2.7★
  • Thriller10 · 3.9★
Decades
  • 1960s1
  • 1970s3
  • 1980s6
  • 1990s9
  • 2000s8
  • 2010s23
  • 2020s12

Fun facts

  • The oldest thing Gaz logged was 2001: A Space Odyssey from 1968; the newest, BEEF from 2023. That is 55 years of range.
  • The longest sit was The Wolf of Wall Street at 3 h 0 min.
  • The year opened with Baldur's Gate III (3★) and closed with Heat (2.5★).
  • 78 hours in films: 3.3 full days of the year.
  • Gaz logged across 5 media this year. Omnivore territory.
  • 7 returns to things already loved. Comfort is a taste too.

Five stars

  • The Thing
  • Hereditary