Zoolander

"The fashion industry has been behind every major assassination in the last 200 years," says a bearded and scruffy, conspiracy-mad David Duchovny in Ben Stiller's ludicrously amusing Zoolander--and only the world's most vapid male model can stop the (brainwashing) insanity. Enter pouty, super-superficial mannequin man Derek Zoolander (Stiller), who has been programmed by evil fashion designer Will Ferrell (in a poodle wig, charcoal eyeliner and a leather corset) to snap at a runway show and kill the prime minister of Malaysia because he wants to end slave wages for sweatshop garment workers. A deadpanning Owen Wilson steals the movie (as he did in Meet the Parents and Shanghai Noon), playing Zoolander's modeling rival, a sexy hippie-surfer-stud named Hansel. Sporting onion-like layers of dumb, smart and esoteric hilarity, as well as a great cast and cameos galore, this is recommended. (R. Blackwelder)