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With so many Oscar possibilities, we wonder which ones could go the distance. But one thing’s for sure, Amazon Prime has a big fat glorious hit on their hands. So you get the full Oscars Profile treatment of a non-spoiler first half and a plot breakdown after that. What is This Episode? - Top of Show ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI 2020 OSP: SPOILER-FREE REVIEW: Cast; Plot Premise/Expectations, Review Scores - 1:56 Awards Profile/Regina King’s Direction - 5:39 (Including How We Know We’ll Never Know) Script Thoughts - 8:10 (Theater Watching vs THEATER Watching) Performances - 15:41 (Goree, Odom, Category Placement, and Parsing Through 4 GREAT Performances) Production Values - 23:05 How Many Total Noms? - 28:15 (Does the Long Calendar Help This?) SPOILER WARNING - 32:48 SPOILER-FILLED REVIEW: A Change Is Gonna Come - 34:04 Slow It Down - 45:47 Why Is Sam Here? - 49:50 The Rest of the Bests - 53:58 FINAL GRADES - 1:00:18 Where To Find Us/LEAVE US A 5* REVIEW! - 1:02:23 Words of Wisdom/What’s Coming Next - 1:03:00 One Night In Miami has become the movie of the moment. Could it become the movie of the year? That’s why we do what we do. Our spoiler free first half discusses its script, direction, performances, and production values, and we contextualize all our talk around it’s many Oscar possibilities. Then in spoilers, we break down the ending and all our best and worst scenes. Yes, we reviewed the film atop our Fall Film Festival Variety Show. But a movie like this deserves its own episode, and we were glad to give One Night In Miami the full film study treatment. So if you enjoyed this episode, check out our recent catalog with reviews on Promising Young Woman, Pieces of a Woman, Soul, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Mank. Then stay tuned for our next episode on News of the World w/ special guest Kolby Mac, as well as planned February reviews on The Little Things, Malcolm & Marie, Judas and the Black Messiah, Nomadland, and The Father. As always, we want to know your thoughts. We’re at MMandOscar on Twitter, and we are at Mike, Mike, and Oscar on Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Gmail. You can subscribe / rate / review / like / share / & hear us on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Google Play, Tune In, Spotify, and just about wherever you might listen. We’re Mike, Mike, & Oscar, and we’re making awards season year round, without the stuffiness. Thank you! And do stay safe, everybody.