From Charlie Chaplin to modern-day Palm Dog champions, canine stars have long been cinema’s ultimate scene-stealers.

Ridley Scott’s new film, “The Dog Stars,” explores humanity in a postapocalyptic world, says Associated Press critic Mark Kennedy.

In this latest take on the end of the world as we know it, the actor teams up with Jasper, a frisky Belgian Malinois, for Ridley Scott’s adaptation of The Dog Stars.