Category: Short Films
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Little Gold Man Watch — My Thoughts on the 2026 Oscars Animated Short Film Nominees
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. With a final push yesterday, my 2025 Oscars Death Race is complete! I got to see both the Live Action and Animated Short Film nominees in theaters yesterday afternoon, and with just a few hours until the Oscars start tonight, I’m pressed for time to get my thoughts on these short films out to you. In the order that I watched them, let’s move on to…
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Little Gold Man Watch — My Thoughts on the 2026 Oscars Live Action Short Film Nominees

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. With a final push yesterday, my 2025 Oscars Death Race is complete! I got to see both the Live Action and Animated Short Film nominees in theaters yesterday afternoon, and with just a few hours until the Oscars start tonight, I’m pressed for time to get my thoughts on these short films out to you. In the order that I watched them, let’s start with the…
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Little Gold Man Watch — My Thoughts on the 2026 Oscars Documentary Short Film Nominees
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. If you’re a frequent reader of Nate at the Movies, you know that I’ve been on my second-ever Oscars Death Race over the last month-plus. That race is coming to a close pretty quickly here, with just a few weeks until the Oscars, and now with all five Documentary Short Film nominees in the rearview, I can finally share my thoughts on them with you! I…
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Oscars Shorts 2025: Animated
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. For much of my film-watching life, my short film experience had been limited to the Pixar shorts that played before their feature films in theaters. Stories like Bao and Piper stood on their own for me, but I hadn’t really dived into the vast sea of short films until this year, when Morgan and I got our tickets to see all five Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts, and…
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Oscars Shorts 2025: Live Action
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS. For much of my film-watching life, my short film experience had been limited to the Pixar shorts that played before their feature films in theaters. Stories like Bao and Piper stood on their own for me, but I hadn’t really dived into the vast sea of short films until this year, when Morgan and I got our tickets to see all five Oscar-Nominated Live Action Shorts,…





