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Our chief film critic picks his winners BEST PICTURE * Amour * Argo * Beasts of the Southern Wild * Django Unchained * Les Misérables * Life of Pi * Lincoln * Silver Linings Playbook * Zero Dark Thirty What should win: "Zero Dark Thirty'' is a film for the ages, but the film's handlers were slow and ineffective in responding to accusations that it endorses torture (which it doesn't).