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I too would quarrel with the substance of some Valenti decisions, but I enjoyed the man's style; I was amused by his presumption. With the build of a miniature bulldog and his fondness for a wildly ornate, orotund oratory, he was a throwback character out of Preston Sturges or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Jack Valenti Did for Hollywood | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

It’s the classic murder tale: husband discovers wife is cheating, husband murders wife, husband walks away from trial a free man. O.J. Simpson, anyone? Director Gregory Hoblit (“NYPD Blue,” “L.A. Law”) brings his crime and courtroom...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Fracture | 4/27/2007 | See Source »

That describes Rupert Everett's character in Shrek the Third: Prince Charming, who forms an anti-ogre posse of all the other fairy-tale losers, including Cinderella's stepsisters, Rumpelstiltskin and the whole sad crowd of fabled flops. Charming is their perfect ringleader; his very name suggests he was supposed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movie Villains: So Bad They're Good | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

Or maybe Spider-Man 3 has a quadruple-gnger. Peter also must confront his photographer rival Eddie Brock (a.k.a. Venom), played by Topher Grace. "He gets very similar powers to Spider-Man; they work in the same place, they're after the same girls," he says. The difference: Grace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movie Villains: So Bad They're Good | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

And for one good baddie on Pirates, the rewards are great. Geoffrey Rush is back as Captain Barbossa, the ghostly seaman "so wicked that Hell spat him back out," Rush says. This time he has a central role, but that's not the only perk. His character is an action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movie Villains: So Bad They're Good | 4/26/2007 | See Source »

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