TRAVIS BYRAM'S MOVIE REVIEWS

This year's Golden Globe's were surprisingly straightforward, where really nothing was totally out of the park. There were  no head-scratchers like last year's "The Tourist" and "Burlesque" getting Best Comedy/Musical nods except for the lame "Cars 2" getting a Best Animated Feature nomination.  This year's selection of movies was so good they actually expanded the Best Drama category to 6!  Here are the major nominees: BEST DRAMA: The Help (an audience favorite with 2 supporting nods for Spencer and Chastain, who both deserve the award) The Descendants (an excellent little movie I've yet to review, that's been generating a lot of buzz) War Horse (the yet-to-be-released Spielberg epic that's gotten considerable lauding) Moneyball (one of my favorite films of the year got both Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill nominations) Hugo (Scorsese's breathtaking love letter to cinema of yesteryears) The Ides of March (Clooney got

There are some cynics out there who call "Hugo" boring, saying it will be uninteresting to kids alike, who are used to being shoveled lame sequels like "Cats & Dogs 2" & "Spy Kids 4."  If you want your kid to be interested, play Frisbee with them!  Once you find a good taste in movies, go see this fantastic drama as soon as you can! "Hugo" really isn't for kids.  It's kid-friendly, I suppose, featuring a refreshing amount of innocence most movies lack.  What makes this interesting is the director, legend Martin Scorsese who's responsible for some of cinema's most violent films.  I read in an interview he wanted to make a film his children should watch.  When you make a movie just so it has a PG rating for your kids, you know you've made it in the business.  Scorsese's direction is well-used in "Hugo," he gets a great performance out of Asa Butterfield.  Even Sacha Baron Cohen delivers a finely tuned per