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Hugo

Last chance for On Demand: It's the Paris-set Best Picture Oscar nominee that will transport you back to a magical moment in cinema history! No, not The Artist. Hugo is Martin Scorsese's attempt at making a movie his tween daughter could actually watch (in 3-D, no less — though obviously it ... will not be presented in that format if you rent it at home).

Though it was marketed as a family film, my own friends with kids report that Hugo is too boring for younger children, and too twee for older ones, encompassing as it does old-timey movies, analog clocks (which Hugo spends his time covertly winding, in the Paris train station, after the death of his father), and steampunk (an automaton plays a pivotal role). Maybe The Artist — still available On Demand — is a better choice for a family movie night. At least that one has a cute dog.

About Cherry (September 21)

Silver: Aside from some inevitable nudity, and as nice as it is to see Roller Girl back in the world of porn, is there really any reason to see this film? The entire story is laid out here in 2:14 (sans the “give me three guesses, and I bet you one of them is right” ending).

Browne: It wasn't the worst two-minute undergraduate film-class short I've ever seen, but it's definitely not the best.