While watching the canine-centered action-adventure "The Call of the Wild" (in theaters Friday), we couldn't help but wonder: Why is the star dog Buck a lumbering St. Bernard mix and instead of ...

Dog lovers, meet an adorable pup coming to the big screen in February: Buck from "The Call of the Wild." Adapted from the literary classic, the film tells the story of a big-hearted dog whose ...

Harrison Ford and his furry friend Buck in “The Call of the Wild.”Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox The thing that hurts the film the most is CGI. Ever since “A Dog’s Purpose” was dealt ...

Doesn't work.• I read years ago Clark Gable, star of original 1935 Call of the Wild, felt sorry for Buck, film's real dog. Buck was forced to drag heavy loads, take after take, till exhaustion.

But the real stars of the movie are Buck, the huge CGI dog at the center of the action, and the gorgeous Alaskan scenery where the story unfolds. “The Call of the Wild” is a fascinating movie ...

“Call of the Wild” (★★ out of four ... One amazing sequence finds Buck and his sled dogs trucking across ice and bounding speedily through a cave to avoid a deadly avalanche.

Adapted from Jack London’s novel of the same name, The Call of the Wild follows big-hearted dog Buck after his blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is taken from his California ...

It also means that Buck himself is a much kinder dog in the movie than he is in the book. In the film version of Call of the Wild, when Buck joins the sled dog team delivering the mail ...

Harrison Ford and a hyperreal dog star in a curious Jack London adaptation spruced up with cutting-edge technology in search of a purpose. Jack London’s “The Call of the Wild” is the OG of ...