Ben Stiller is far better than this limp satire of the fashion industry, which he starred in, co-wrote and directed. If he had made Zoolander as his first film, we’d politely dismiss him as a comedian with promise. With occasional moments of amusement thanks to the likes of Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell and, bizarrely enough,

Writer-director Christopher Guest reteams with much of his Waiting for Guffman cast for another mock documentary, this time about a series of dog lovers whose reasons for being revolve around a canine competition. Top to bottom a master class in structured improvisation on the parts of Guest, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock,

If you have a high tolerance for wisecracks about condoms or crucifixes (there’s actually more of the latter), then this slight sex comedy might grow on you. Josh Hartnett plays a ladies man who makes a vow of chastity for Lent. If he and Shannyn Sossamon, as his potential soul mate, have an ingratiating chemistry,