Hugo

The acting in Hugo is first rate, from the soulful performance of Asa Butterfield in the title role to the comic relief provided by Sacha Baron Cohen as the train cop charged with keeping everything in the station running like clockwork. Ben Kingsley is perfect as the toy shop owner, Georges Méliès, and if that name is not familiar to you then you are in for a real treat because along with telling the story of a boy trying to make a connection with his lost father, Hugo is a joyful celebration of cinema and the people who helped take it from out of the sideshows and into the theaters. And although it’s clear that Martin Scorsese loves Hugo and the other characters in the story, his passion for cinema is really at the heart of what makes Hugo such a great movie.