Coming into movie theatres this week is a remake of Jack London’s famous novel, “The Call of the Wild.”The story begins with the kidnapping of Buck, a pet St. Bernard dog, owned by a wealthy family in the Santa Clara Valley, CA. Abruptly, Buck is removed from his comfortable, genteel life and thrust into the wild Canadian frontier in the midst of the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. Made to serve as a sled dog, Buck must leave behind his civilized nature and rely instead on his natural instincts to survive. For a time, he is rescued by the kind John Thornton, who fights to remove him from abusive masters. The two become close, but as Buck continues to live and journey in the Canadian wilds, he must leave behind his former life and become more and more reliant on his “wilder,” more intuitive natur…