Never fear, “Dog Man” is here — to save your families from the doldrums of January moviegoing. The popular children’s books by Dav Pilkey (a spinoff of the “Captain Underpants” series ...

So the exasperated police chief (Lil Rel Howery) takes Dog Man off the Petey beat and I don’t know why I summarized this part because Dog Man ends up chasing Petey all over town anyway.

Never fear, “Dog Man” is here — to save your families from the doldrums of January movie-going. The popular children’s books by Dav Pilkey (a spinoff of the “Captain Underpants” series ...

But the irreverent “Dog Man” is the weirdest and wildest of the bunch. It’s about a superhero cop with a dog’s head (after reconstructive surgery), who fights arch enemy Petey, the ...

As the precinct’s star employee, Dog Man does a superhuman job, arresting and incarcerating Petey. Trouble is, his nemesis frequently escapes Cat Jail, which annoys the cantankerous Chief (Lil R ...

Dog Man also stars Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers, Rango) as TV reporter Sarah Hatoff; Poppy Liu (Hacks, The Afterparty) as Petey’s assistant, Butler; Emmy nominee Stephen Root (Barry, King of ...

But he’s stunned when the result is a kitten version he names Li’l Petey (Lucas Hopkins). When he’s rejected, Dog Man adopts the innocent fuzzy tyke. Pete continues with a new plan to revive a ...