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 ...

Science fiction. Starring Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Chloe Grace Moretz and Sacha Baron Cohen. Directed by Martin Scorsese. (PG. 126 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) Advertisement Article continues ...

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 ...