Rafa · year in review

2026

57 logs, 57 rated, mean 3.73. 29 films, 9 television, 3 books, 4 albums, 12 games.

The year in five lines
  1. Rafa logged 57 titles and rated 57, averaging 3.7★; 3 got five stars.
  2. The year in one title: Back to the Future (1985).
  3. Kindest to Paddington 2, 1.3 above the crowd; hardest on Se7en, 1.7 below.
  4. June was the busiest month, with 13 logs.
  5. Maker of the year: FromSoftware, 2 titles.

Everything below is the long version.

  • Their year, in one title
    Back to the Future 1985★★★★★

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

  • The surprise
    Hounds of Love 1985★★★★½

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

  • Kindest call
    Paddington 2 2017★★★★★

    1.3 stars above the crowd.

  • Harshest call
    Se7en 1995★★½

    1.7 stars below the crowd.

Maker of the year
FromSoftware

2 titles this year.

Blind spot of the year

raw

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

By the numbers

  • 57
    rated
  • 63 h
    in films
  • 46
    days with a log
  • 5
    reviews
  • 106
    words written
  • 6
    rewatches
  • 3
    five stars
  • 3.5★
    most common rating
Month by month
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June was the busiest month, with 13 logs.

Ratings
2.5 stars: 33 stars: 73.5 stars: 204 stars: 184.5 stars: 65 stars: 3
mean 3.73 · 0.5 stars harsher than the crowd
Genres
  • Drama21 · 3.5★
  • Adventure19 · 3.8★
  • Comedy12 · 4.0★
  • Action11 · 3.7★
  • Science Fiction10 · 3.8★
  • Thriller6 · 3.2★
Decades
  • 1940s1
  • 1970s2
  • 1980s4
  • 1990s9
  • 2000s6
  • 2010s23
  • 2020s12

Fun facts

  • The oldest thing Rafa logged was Casablanca from 1943; the newest, Baldur's Gate III from 2023. That is 80 years of range.
  • The longest sit was Titanic at 3 h 14 min, and it earned it.
  • The year opened with Hades (3.5★) and closed with Portrait of a Lady on Fire (3.5★).
  • 63 hours in films: 2.6 full days of the year.
  • Rafa logged across 5 media this year. Omnivore territory.
  • 6 returns to things already loved. Comfort is a taste too.

Five stars

  • Paddington 2
  • Back to the Future
  • Ted Lasso