Orphan boy magically rescues recluse movie icon from self pity

Rating: 9/10 (15 February 2014)

This small train station adventure led us to the grander one of movie making and, therefore, a movie lovers' treat! Asa Butterfields' Hugo is in search for his desired secret message from his dead father that magically leads us through his underground world. Martin Scorsese's adventure here is a much longer wait that eventually awakens the past, a more innocent time of wonder and imagination that, compared to Ben Kingsleys' small toy shop keeper, looks like a remarkably lucky existence captured by the line, "If you've ever wondered where your dreams come from, you look around... this is where they're made." In this tale, the two eventually fix each other proving we need each other which is an appropriate, if not corny, message for movie-goers.