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I enjoyed it, but after a while you knew almost exactly how things were going to play out. I know Cube doesn't go into many details either about how or why they ended up in there, but with Circle it was a bit harder to accept the ending.
Apr 28, 2017 · The highlight of “The Circle” is producer-costar Tom Hanks ‘ performance as the CEO of the titular company, a Google- or Apple-styled high-tech octopus that’s spreading its tentacles into every nook of our lives.
May 2, 2017 · The Circle — a thriller about a Google-like tech company with a sinister agenda, starring Tom Hanks and Emma Watson — has gotten largely bad reviews from critics, including our own Tasha Robinson.
Apr 27, 2017 · 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 have been...
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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...
The Circle is available to watch on Netflix. Emma Watson gets her dream job at Tom Hanks's tech firm, only to discover it's not as benevolent as its image suggests.
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Apr 27, 2017 · Reviews. The Circle Review. Emma Watson stars in an adaptation of Dave Eggers’ not-really-dystopian novel The Circle. Read our review… By Don Kaye | April 27, 2017 | | 0. There is a lot of...
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