villain

“Clayface” wants to tell a sympathetic villain origin story like “Joker” or the TV miniseries “The Penguin.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

She is a villain, or a destroyer of villainy, depending on the angle; she’s a crone or a beauty, depending on perspective.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

Succession actor Jeremy Strong plays Zuckerberg as a "full-on villain", according to a review in the Hollywood Reporter, "stoically arguing that even the slightest gesture of responsibility is anathema where money is concerned".

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

He’s the flawed Shakespearean villain of the piece in whose future lies, what?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“That villain has the strength of ten!” said the bard.

From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander

There are no villains in this piece — only two people who want to be right.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

It’s shaping up to be a dark autumn for Silicon Valley’s villains.

From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mr. Barnett, who has written adaptations of “The Three Billy Goats Gruff” and “Rumpelstiltskin,” is clearly steeped in the grand tradition of fairy-tale villains getting their comeuppance without apology.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

The murkiness of it all clarifies by the end of the film, not just in terms of its heroes, villains and message, but Greengrass also situates this story within a recognizable cinematic and storytelling history.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

She could write the scene three times over, from three points of view; her excitement was in the prospect of freedom, of being delivered from the cumbrous struggle between good and bad, heroes and villains.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan