Creator Dav Pilkey's quirky, kinetic world has nicely made the visual leap to the big screen, but something is missing. The Hollywoodization — like a ray blasted from a typical Pilkey lumbering robot — has leveled-out the idiosyncrasy and overstuffed the narrative. Newcomers may be stunned — and not in a good way.

Dav Pilkey’s superhero-satirizing graphic novel series gets a kinetic adaptation.

Peter Hastings’ Dog Man is a movie for kids, and despite what general connotation might make that read as derogatory, there is nothing inherently wrong with a feature that is ma

Hastings and team maintain the childlike illustration style of the books, with crayon lines and shading on the somewhat simply designed characters, and the colloquial, slangy writing (the law enforcement officers are “supa cops”; various important buildings are “ova there”).

If you know any grade school kids, there's a good chance you've heard of author and illustrator Dav Pilkey's wildly popular Dog Man books. Grade school readers are simply mad about the series, and have made them bestsellers for a decade.

Woofing his way into movie theaters on January 31, Dog Man is making his big screen debut in the aptly titled DreamWorks Animation feature, Dog Man (get your tickets here). Based on the beloved graphic novel adventures of Captain Underpants author and illustrator Dav Pilkey,

The playful anarchy of author-illustrator Dav Pilkey's bestselling "Dog Man" series, about a hero cop who is part-man, part-police dog, is now on screen in a new animated film, with comedian Pete Davidson playing Dog Man's arch-nemesis,

A police officer and a dog get fused into one crime-fighter in this antic, enjoyable adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s comic series.

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Even at its most emotionally poignant, the new animated feature, Dog Man, can't decide if it wants to be taken seriously or focus on its gags.

The 'SNL' alum voices a villainous cat in DreamWorks' animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey's best-selling series of children's graphic novels about a half-human, half-canine police officer.

The latest film releases include Dog Man, Companion, Love Me, and Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story. Weighing in are Katie Walsh, film reviewer for the Tribune News Service and the Los Angeles Times, and William Bibbiani film critic for the Wrap and co-host of the Critically Acclaimed Network.