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Duvall possessed a Brando-like intensity in the Seventies, whether as the coldly strategic Tom Hagen in the Godfather pictures or as Frank Hackett, the soulless, hotheaded executive in Sidney Lumet’s bruising satire Network.—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026 Pearl Jam rocker Eddie Vedder gets the documentary treatment in Matter of Time (February 9), as does one of TV’s hotheaded chefs in Being Gordon Ramsay (February 18).—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 21 Jan. 2026 The screenplay begins in 1989, charting Christy’s trajectory as a hotheaded yet gifted fledgling boxer.—Robert Lang, Deadline, 17 Dec. 2025 But the boys at the ludus, whose ranks notably include decent guy Celadus (Dan Hamill) and his hotheaded son Tarchon (Jordi Webber), are not keen to admit a woman to their ranks and are doubly peeved that Ashur is skipping her into a headlining role.—Robert Lloyd, Boston Herald, 7 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hotheaded