![]() ![]() Even from the beginning, there's little mystery as to the identity of the person behind all this – but while everybody knows it's him, they seem powerless to prevent his trail of destruction. It starts out in the early days of Facebook, with Hardy creating fake accounts to impersonate his schoolmates, spreading rumours and starting drama. That advice may or may not have helped the many victims of Matthew Hardy, an incredibly prolific harmful digital communicator whose story, as told by the Guardian's Sirin Kale, doubles as a kind of social history of the last decade or so of social media. Here's a bit of free cyber security advice: if someone you don't know messages you asking "Can I tell you a secret," it's probably not a good idea to message back. Podcast of the Week: Can I Tell You a Secret A smart, well-written, hugely absorbing drama once you get into it. The four-season tech drama is set during the 1980s and 90s dawn of personal computers, following the staff of a software company perpetually riding the waves of the fast-growing industry without ever coming close to achieving the kind of Apple or Microsoft-style success you might expect. The major hidden gem of the AMC+ catalogue is one of those shows very few people watched when it first came out, but those who did insist it's one of the greatest shows ever made. From the Vault: Halt and Catch Fire (2014) (AMC+) Dunham has apparently been scheming to make this movie version since back in the Girls days, and her enthusiasm for the project translates into a film that's as fun to watch as it must have been to make. ![]() Bella Ramsey (The Worst Witch) plays Lady Catherine (aka Birdy), a spirited 13th-century teenager who goes to great lengths to avoid getting married off for money by her rotten father. Sounds a lot like one of those Simpsons episodes you always skip when rewatching, but it's actually a hugely enjoyable adaptation of the beloved 1994 children's novel by Karen Cushman. Movie of the Week: Catherine Called Birdy (Prime Video) An absolutely classic set-up to an absolutely classic fright fest. A group of terminally ill young hospice patients meet up at midnight to share spooky stories and make a pact that the first of them to die has to make an attempt to communicate with the others from beyond the grave. It's an especially big week for TV adaptations of scary books in general, with a new series from The Haunting of Hill House fright merchant Mike Flanagan, based on the 90s YA novel by Christopher Pike (the author you read when you got too old for Goosebumps). You'll never complain about your kids demanding St Pierre's sushi again. This adaptation of the former stand-up comedian's story of a bullied 12-year-old boy who befriends a strange girl seemingly the same age as him is set in New York City and focuses more on the relationship between the vampiric tween and her dad, who has to go out and harvest human blood for her. In what can only be described as a really big week for TV adaptations of famous vampire novels, we're also getting a new TV adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's Let the Right One In. Let the Right One In (Neon, from Monday). He's got his seduction technique down to a fine art – voice-activated "sensual" playlist, espresso martini, massive star projector on the ceiling – but somehow no one finds that attractive anymore. Here he is trying to convince his date he's got his own place when really he's just installed a letterbox outside the upstairs bit of his mum's place. Played by Allan Mustafa (PJDN's MC Grindah), the title character is like a young David Brent, right down to the little goatee – childish, insecure, woefully self-aware, but ultimately a more-or-less sympathetic figure. Peacock, the new series from the makers of cult classic mockumentary People Just Do Nothing, is the modern tragicomedy of the last lad standing, the one who was so busy enjoying being young that he simply forgot to grow up. This is the kind of thing that starts happening when you are suddenly, unexpectedly in your mid-30s. Things like "wives" "kids" and "work" are mentioned. ![]() But this Monday, the Mandem are making their excuses early – before the first round of sambuca shots, even. For personal trainer Ashley Peacock and his friend group, this is a longstanding weekly ritual based around binge-drinking and banter, those two central tenets of lad culture. Photo / SuppliedĬhris Sumpter as Spencer, Aya Furukawa as Natsuki, Sauriyan Sapkota as Amesh in episode 110 of The Midnight Club. Chris Sumpter as Spencer, Aya Furukawa as Natsuki, Sauriyan Sapkota as Amesh in episode 110 of The Midnight Club. ![]()
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