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Apr 28, 2017 · Emma Watson stars as Mae Holland, a young woman who gets a job at The Circle, a cult-like corporation based in the Bay Area that has a campus with man-made lakes and a sky filled with buzzing drones. You probably have a good idea of where this story is going even if you’ve never read Eggers’ book or seen an anti-tech warning tale before.
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Real-life tech references in the movie aren't meant as veiled accusations. Hanks' Eamon Bailey, for example, is the company's "public-facing visionary." Earlier this week, Hanks joked with Twitter CEO Jack Dorseyabout playing a diabolical tech genius with a beard. "I played you! I'm not in as good of shape, I didn't exercise or eat as well, but I p...
Other actors in the film drew from specific points of reference. Actress Karen Gillan used reports about Amazon to better understand her character, Annie. A longtime friend of Mae, Annie is part of the Circle's executive elite, delivering inhuman productivity. To get inside Annie's head, Gillan relied on a New York Times 2015 expose about Amazon, s...
To our society's credit, when abuse by tech giants comes to light, we generally respond with outrage rather than the indifference of "The Circle." But at the premiere during an audience Q&A, Hanks related his own lesson from the film, while satirizing how we can mock the behavior of movie characters only to live out the same actions ourselves. "Whe...
Apr 27, 2017 · It’s all for her own good, of course. It’s so that she can connect. In nearly every corporate thriller, the ominous bosses are the bad guys, and the workers, with one or two back-stabbing ...
Sep 16, 2020 · The best thing about “The Circle,” the dystopian social media-on-steroids drama starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks, is that you now can watch it as part of a double feature with Netflix’s new “The Social Dilemma,” and consider how much of the movie is coming horribly true. Without offering too many spoilers, the film is the story of a young woman (Watson) who believes she has found ...
Apr 27, 2017 · The Circle. Directed by James Ponsoldt. Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller. PG-13. 1h 50m. By Glenn Kenny. April 27, 2017. From the drab 1995 cyberthriller “The Net” onward, mainstream American movies ...
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Rated 1.5/5 Stars • Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/28/24 Full Review David H This is a movie that gives you the feeling that it should have been much better than it is Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 ...
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The Circle - Netflix movie review: "a simplistic parable for the social media age". Emma Watson gets her dream job at Tom Hanks's tech firm, only to discover it's not as benevolent as its image ...
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