Movies of a Petite Aspie

I'm going to avoid the temptation to delineate the numerous shocking and not-so-shocking snubs that occured this year, including the oh-my-God-how-can-The-Lego-Movie-not-be-nominated-for-Best-Animated-Film-when-it's-one-of-the-best-movies-of-the-year-Alyssa-jaw-drop.  And, instead, I'm going to jump to ranking the current nominees, in order of most likely to least likely to receive the awards.  My predictions are, as always, fearless, and often spot-on (case in point: last year, 22 out of 24 of my predictions were correct).  I will most likely change some of my predictions as it gets closer to Oscar night (less than a month away!).  Best Picture 1. Boyhood 2. Birdman 3. The Imitation Game 4. The Grand Budapest Hotel 5. The Theory of Everything 6. American Sniper 7. Selma 8. Whiplash Best Actor 1. Michael Keaton -- Birdman 2. Eddie Redmayne -- The Theory of Everything 3. Benedict Cumberbatch -- The Imitation Game 4. Bradley Cooper -- American Sniper 5...