LOS ANGELES (AP) Ahead of Sundays 87th Academy Awards, Associated Press film writers Jake Coyle and Lindsey Bahr share their predictions for a ceremony that could be a nail biter.

Coyle:

Will Win: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritus Birdman comes home to roost despite the landmark accomplishment of Boyhood. As a celebration of showbiz, its the Shakespeare in Love of its time.

Should Win: Boyhood marries film and time in a uniquely powerful way, but its also worth making a case for Wes Andersons The Grand Budapest Hotel, the most relentlessly fun and inventive film of the year.

Should Have Been a Contender: Interstellar. Christopher Nolans epic is unloved, but its a glorious sci-fi soup that would have added some big-budget dazzle to theOscars. I mean, its got a fourth dimension.

Bahr:

Will Win: While Birdmans formal ambitions and extraordinary ensemble cast are impressive, the earnest 12-year experiment that spawned a compelling film in Boyhood is just too good a narrative to ignore.

Should Win: Boyhood, but not because of dedication. A lot of people toil for years on their dream projects. Boyhood is a great and deeply humane film that celebrates the ordinariness of the everyday and is destined to be a classic.

Should Have Been a Contender: In 10 years well look back on Interstellars near-absence from this years Academy Awards as a grave cinematic injustice. At least Nolan is in good company. 2001: A Space Odyssey was shut out of the best picture race too.

Bahr:

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Predictions: Who should, will win at 87th Academy Awards