2015 Oscar predictions

Best Director

Will win: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”
Should win: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood”

The lowdown: Some were taken aback by the inclusion of Morten Tyldum (“The Imitation Game”) and Bennett Miller (“Foxcatcher”), i.e. no nomination for “American Sniper” director Clint Eastwood.  (Jordan Strauss /Invision/AP)