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Movie review: &#039;The Circle&#039; - Daily Bruin

Movie review: &#8216;The Circle&#8217;

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“The Circle” imagines a world in which internet stardom is just a daily vlog away, and giant tech companies battle governments over privacy issues. Sound familiar?

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Movie review: ‘The Circle’

By William Thorne

April 28, 2017 5:40 p.m.