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Remember This? The Circle
Director - James Ponsoldt
Writers - James Ponsoldt and Dave Eggers
Starring - Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Patton Oswalt, Karen Gillan, Bill Paxton, Glenne Headley, John Boyega
You would think a movie starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks would be remembered in some way less than six months after its theatrical release just by sheer virtue of a pairing of stars that seemingly appeals to all film watching demographics. It is quite a testament to this particular film that I had completely forgotten about it when I was researching movie for this feature and upon seeing James Ponsoldt's name I had to watch it. Sure it's gotten bad reviews but I figured this combination of Ponsoldt directing Watson, Hanks and a great collection of supporting actors would offer something. I'm a big fan of Ponsoldt's previous work, Smashed, The Spectacular Now and The End of the Tour and was curious as to how his foray into (moderately) big budget filmmaking would go. The answer: not so good.
