But Zuckerberg's announcement that Facebook and Instagram will soon cease fact-checking is such a stellar model of villainous doublespeak that George Orwell would have thought it was a bit much.

Dafoe brought gravitas to one of the first and best 21st century superhero movies, playing the ambitious scientist Norman Osborn and his villainous alter ego, the Green Goblin.

Another drawback is Bateman’s unconvincing efforts to make his villainous character coolly sinister.

Vengeance Most Fowl will see the return of the villainous penguin Feathers McGraw, who first made an appearance in 1993's The Wrong Trousers, as he seeks revenge on the duo.

The biggest of them all: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the last movie in the series, featuring Fiennes as villainous Voldemort.