I know … I know … it’s been a while. I’ve been a bit busy working. yes, working. Yay me! I now have a visa to work in the US. That my friends, is called progress. I’ve started drafting a couple of posts between work but I thought I’d put down my predictions this year and see how I go. I’m ashamed to see I haven’t seen half as many of these movies as I should but there’s still time. Good luck to Birdman & Whiplash, Guardians of the Galaxy & JK Simmons. It started raining this morning so I hope it holds off for the red carpet arrivals. Best Picture “American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers “Boyhood” Richard Linklater and Cathleen Sutherland, Producers “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales and Jeremy Dawson, Producers “The Imitation Game” Nora Grossman, Ido Ostrowsky and Teddy Schwarzman, Producers “Selma” Christian Colson, Oprah Winfrey, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner, Producers “The Theory of Everything” Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Lisa Bruce and Anthony McCarten, Producers “Whiplash” …