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Marcus Bell's 2026 · Taste Buds
2026
77 logs, 77 rated, averaging 4.3★. 39 films, 10 television, 6 books, 4 music, 18 games.
The year in five lines
- Marcus Bell logged 77 titles and rated 77, averaging 4.3★; 24 got five stars.
- The year in one title: Lost and Found Co. (2026).
- Kindest to Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, 1.9 above the crowd; hardest on The Godfather, 1.3 below.
- September was the busiest month, with 21 logs.
- Maker of the year: FromSoftware, 2 titles.
Everything below is the long version.

Their year, in one title
Lost and Found Co. 2026★★★★★Our pick: the title that best explains everything else you loved.

Blind spot of the year
formally daring
Nothing Marcus Bell loved this year went far toward formally daring (formal experimentation).
By the numbers
77
rated
84 h
in films
62
days with a log
9
reviews
213
words written
8
rewatches
24
five stars
5★
most common rating
Month by month
September was the busiest month, with 21 logs.
Fun facts
- The oldest thing Marcus Bell logged was Casablanca from 1943; the newest, Lost and Found Co. from 2026. That is 83 years of range.
- The longest sit was Titanic at 3 h 14 min, and it earned it.
- The year opened with Bluey (4.5★) and closed with Marvel's Deadpool VR (5★).
- 84 hours in films: 3.5 full days of the year.
- Marcus Bell logged across 5 media this year. Omnivore territory.
- 8 returns to things already loved. Comfort is a taste too.
Five stars · 10 titles they would hand anyone
The surprise
Elden Ring 2022★★★★★Runs against their usual leans, and Marcus Bell loved it anyway.
mean 4.32 · 0.3 stars kinder than the crowd
Genres
- Adventure25 · 4.5★
- Drama21 · 4.0★
- Action20 · 4.8★
- Science Fiction16 · 4.4★
- Comedy15 · 4.2★
- Crime8 · 3.9★
Decades
- 1940s1
- 1950s1
- 1960s1
- 1970s4
- 1980s7
- 1990s9
- 2000s7
- 2010s27
- 2020s19