Oscars 2012: the best and worst films

The Telegraph's film critic Robbie Collin picks which films deserve a statue, and which should be given a raspberry.

It’s hard to know what the oddest thing about the Academy Awards is this year: the fact that a silent, black-and-white French film is the likeliest big winner, or the fact that that win now seems boringly predictable. But that’s the magic of the Oscars: in just one night, it can transform a cinema fan’s passion for an under-appreciated gem into shoulder-shrugging, told-you-so indifference.