10 Thrillers You Need To Watch In 2017
1. The Circle
Based on the Robert Eggers novel of the same name, The Circle is a techno-thriller with very real implications about the state of surveillance technology.
Tom Hanks stars as Steve Jobs sound-alike Eamon Bailey, who leads The Circle, a powerful and potentially corrupt tech outfit intent on pioneering new innovations in surveillance. When Emma Watson’s Mae takes a job at The Circle, she discovers the darker side of her employers, as they attempt to prove that 'knowing is good, but knowing everything is better.'
Directed by James Ponsoldt and written by Ponsoldt and Eggers, The Circle also stars Patton Oswalt, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, and the late Bill Paxton in his first posthumous release. With Black Mirror standing out as one of 2016 most lauded TV shows, and fears about AI and online privacy currently still ranking high as some of society's hot-button issues, this one is likely to turn heads when it releases in April 2017.