V. Volkov · year in review

2026

55 logs, 55 rated, mean 2.98. 37 films, 6 television, 3 books, 6 albums, 3 games.

The year in five lines
  1. V. Volkov logged 55 titles and rated 55, averaging 3.0★; 2 got five stars.
  2. The year in one title: The Thing (1982).
  3. Kindest to Hereditary, 1.4 above the crowd; hardest on Ted Lasso, 3.7 below.
  4. August was the busiest month, with 15 logs.
  5. Maker of the year: Christopher Nolan, 3 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
    The Wolf of Wall Street 2013★★★★

    Runs against their usual leans, and V. Volkov loved it anyway.

  • Kindest call
    Hereditary 2018★★★★★

    1.4 stars above the crowd.

  • Harshest call
    Ted Lasso 2020½

    3.7 stars below the crowd.

Maker of the year
Christopher Nolan

3 titles this year.

Blind spot of the year

raw

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

By the numbers

  • 55
    rated
  • 82 h
    in films
  • 47
    days with a log
  • 4
    reviews
  • 91
    words written
  • 13
    rewatches
  • 2
    five stars
  • 3★
    most common rating
Month by month
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August was the busiest month, with 15 logs.

Ratings
0.5 stars: 21 stars: 11.5 stars: 42 stars: 42.5 stars: 83 stars: 143.5 stars: 94 stars: 104.5 stars: 15 stars: 2
mean 2.98 · 1.1 stars harsher than the crowd
Genres
  • Drama22 · 3.1★
  • Adventure16 · 2.6★
  • Action14 · 2.9★
  • Comedy13 · 2.4★
  • Science Fiction12 · 2.8★
  • Thriller10 · 3.8★
Decades
  • 1940s1
  • 1950s1
  • 1960s2
  • 1970s2
  • 1980s5
  • 1990s10
  • 2000s6
  • 2010s20
  • 2020s8

Fun facts

  • The oldest thing V. Volkov logged was Casablanca from 1943; the newest, BEEF from 2023. That is 80 years of range.
  • The longest sit was Titanic at 3 h 14 min.
  • The year opened with The Wire (3★) and closed with Interstellar (2.5★).
  • 82 hours in films: 3.4 full days of the year.
  • V. Volkov logged across 5 media this year. Omnivore territory.
  • 13 returns to things already loved. Comfort is a taste too.

Five stars

  • The Thing
  • Hereditary