The 1972 version of The Call of the Wild starring Charlton Heston is, by all accounts, a very bad movie. But it does have one very important thing going for it: The dogs are real. Despite the fact ...

His supposed call to the wild doesn’t feel earned since Buck keeps choosing human missions, like getting inspired by the wonders of mail delivery and curing John’s alcoholism.

‘The Call of the Wild’ dragged down by its off-putting digital doggy Harrison Ford does quietly powerful work as author Jack London’s hero, but his computer-generated co-star looks weird.

But the so-so “The Call of the Wild” can at least boast some literary cred. It’s based on Jack London’s 1903 novel about a Saint Bernard-Scotch collie mix, called Buck, ...