Sentences with phrase «against a villain named»

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Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she» l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary

Deadpool assembles a team of mutants (except, hilariously, a guy named Peter, who has no obvious superpower) that he dubs X-Force for a daring, pratfall - filled and mostly ill - fated rescue before facing off against a rather more ordinary but still plenty nasty villain, the headmaster of Broadstone House, a reformatory for mutant children, who has the mien of a bureaucrat and the soul of a sadist.

The concept of a secret war against evil is interesting and the origins of the Shadow Hunters feels legendary enough to prop up the story, but it's all wasted on ridiculous romantic triangle sub-plotting that becomes super creepy, and a Shadow Hunter gone bad with the least scary villain name: Valentine.

Holiday films often feature rich villains (Scrooge and Mr. Potter, to name a few) pitted against men of more humble means and Die Hard fits easily into that mold.

Naturally, Doc and Graciela's profession pits them against the book's one true villain, a conniving priest named Father Killen, who has gotten wind of Graciela's healing powers and wants to «save» her from misusing her gift to help girls in trouble on the South Presa Strip.

The 12 - page story introduces a new alien villain named Rogol Zaar — named after a doctor who worked with Bendis during his life - threatening illness last fall, and intimidatingly illustrated by Lee — who quickly establishes himself as someone with a major grudge against folks from Krpyton.