#OnThisDay, April 12, 1961, at 6:07 AM UTC, the Vostok 1 spacecraft launched with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, making him the first human to travel into space (Gagarin: First in Space, 2013).
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Today, April 12, 2001, just after sunset, a black monolith dubbed TMA-1 is discovered near lunar crater Tycho (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968).
#OnThisDay, April 12, 1961, at 6:07 AM UTC, the Vostok 1 spacecraft launched with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, the first human to travel into space (depicted in Gagarin: First in Space, 2013)
Today, April 12, 2001, just after sunset, a black monolith dubbed TMA-1 is discovered near lunar crater Tycho (2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968)
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#OnThisDay, April 11, 1471, King Edward IV of England entered London unopposed, taking Henry VI prisoner and returning him to the Tower of London (depicted in The White Queen, “War at First Hand” 2013)
Today, April 11, 1997, the “Tomorrow” newspaper late edition reports on the sinking of the HMS Devonshire, a ship that went down off the coast of China due to a hacked GPS, believing itself to be in international waters (Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997)
Today, April 11, 1896, a newspaper reports on a police investigation into a claim that a local butcher might be linked to missing persons and cannibalism (The Midnight Meat Train, 2008)
#Watching G20
Viola Davis' stunt double getting a lot of work. Antony Starr's accent coach not doing a lot of work.
This movie is smaht, this movie is kind, this movie is impohtant.
https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/g20/
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letterboxd.comA ★★★ review of G20 (2025)Mindless action movie with higher feeling stakes than whatever movie Jason Statham has out this week. Viola Davis' stunt double getting a lot of work. Antony Starr's accent coach not doing a lot of work. This movie is smaht, this movie is kind, this movie is impohtant.
#OnThisDay, April 10, 1972, legendary actor Charlie Chaplin received an honorary Academy Award for his extraordinary contributions to the art of filmmaking. The audience gave him a 12-minute standing ovation, still the longest in Oscars history (depicted in Chaplin, 1992)
Today, April 10, 2017, is the birthdate of the replicant known as Leon Kowalski. Bioengineered humans created by Tyrell Corporation for cheap labor have implanted memories and a built-in four year lifespan to prevent them from developing empathetic abilities (Blade Runner, 1982)
Check out my #Letterboxd review of the outstanding #BlackMirror episode #CommonPeople. In it, I explore why this episode serves as the perfect cinematic representation of @pluralistic‘s theory of #enshittification. https://boxd.it/9n4FOX
boxd.itA ★★★★½ review of Black Mirror: Common People (2025)The Black Mirror episode “Common People” is a harrowing critique of exploitative subscription-based technologies, set against the backdrop of a couple’s struggle for survival. Amanda, saved by the experimental Rivermind brain implant, becomes trapped in a system that commodifies her existence. This storyline perfectly illustrates Cory Doctorow’s theory of „Endshitification“, where platforms initially serve users but gradually degrade their offerings to maximize profits. Rivermind epitomizes this process: it begins as a seemingly altruistic service offering free life-saving surgery but quickly locks Amanda into a predatory subscription model. Over time, basic functionalities, like mobility and uninterrupted consciousness, are gated behind expensive
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Golden Heart es el álbum de estudio debut en solitario del cantautor y guitarrista británico Mark Knopfler.
"Darling Pretty" es el primer sencillo del álbum. Alcanzó el puesto 33 en la lista de sencillos del Reino Unido y apareció en la película Twister 
de 1996.
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#Watching REBECCA
Marvelously overwrought melodrama. The Less you know going in, the better. A portrait of the time period, but more than worth a watch.
https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/rebecca/
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letterboxd.comA ★★★★½ review of Rebecca (1940)The only Hitchcock movie to win Best Picture... Marvelously overwrought melodrama. White people problems to the nth. The Less you know going in, the better. A portrait of the time period, but more than worth a watch. Mrs. Danvers is fucking crazy...
I'm working on an equivalent to #BookWyrm but for films (an alternative to #IMDB, #TMDB, #Letterboxd, etc.). I already have a very simple but usable code.
Anyone want to help me with the #ActivityPub stuff?
#OnThisDay, April 9, 1413, Henry V was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey (depicted in The King, 2019)
#Watching GOMORRAH
Relentlessly bleak hyperlink Italian organized crime drama, shearing the Sheen of the soap opera of most American crime films. The feel good feel bad movie of 2008.
https://letterboxd.com/noeljpenaflor/film/gomorrah/
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letterboxd.comA ★★★★★ review of Gomorrah (2008)Relentlessly bleak hyperlink Italian organized crime drama, shearing the Sheen of the soap opera of most American crime films. Feels too realistic. You want to look away but can't. Never veers into melodrama and no step feels forced or for affect. You want more of Gomorrah despite the downer nature. The feel good feel bad movie of 2008.
Happy #RexManningDay! Today, April 8, is the day 80s pop idol Rex Manning comes to Delaware independent record store Empire Records to sign autographs (Empire Records, 1995)
Today, April 8, Olive Penderghast receives $5 and a card from her grandmother that plays Natasha Bedingfield's "Pocketful of Sunshine" (Easy A, 2010)
Today, April 7, 1862, Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh, in one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War (depicted in How the West Was Won, 1962)
Today, April 7, 1840, struggling New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone sells his soul to “Mister Scratch” in return for seven years of good luck (The Devil and Daniel Webster, 1941)
