The Franklin Institute's automaton can't help you find a good sushi place, direct you out of a traffic jam or check your bank balance. But the automaton, a mechanical doll animated by a complex system ...

Martin Scorsese’s first foray into big-budget family filmmaking — as well as his inaugural effort in 3-D — Hugo is a personal statement disguised as a sellout. Hugo’s obsession with the writing robot ...

Martin Scorsese’s first foray into 3-D family filmmaking centers on its title character, played by Asa Butterfield, a just-prepubescent orphan squatting in a train station circa 1930. When not dodging ...

Martin Scorsese’s first foray into big-budget family filmmaking—as well as his inaugural effort in 3-D—Hugo is a personal statement disguised as a sellout. Hugo’s obsession with the writing robot ...

So while “Hugo” is beautifully made, its self-indulgence means it’s not quite satisfying. It can’t be counted a modern classic like so many of Scorsese’s other films. But it’s a charming flight of ...

In Hugo, Martin Scorsese has hired himself a bunch of A-plus-list artists and techies, and together they've crafted a deluxe, gargantuan train-set of a movie in which the director and his 3-D camera ...

Hugo, is an adventure/drama starring Ben Kingsley and Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Set in 1930s Paris, "Hugo" is about an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station who is ...

Hugo didn't win the Oscar for best picture, but that won't diminish its enduring appeal. Based on a book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, Martin Scorsese's film is a magical experience ...