Joe Reid

1 sketch, 21 claims, and 5 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Blank Check — Patreon: The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) (guest)

Loves performance-driven work (Elisabeth Moss in Her Smell, Paul Walter Hauser in Richard Jewell) and likes Toy Story 4 less than Frozen 2. Defends Frozen 2's queer subtext and Wild Rose.

Stances

  • Frozen 2 deserved nominations for its Elsa storytelling
  • Hauser's lack of judgment as the best acting
  • Gendered acting categories exist because winners matter

Humor: Witty and fast on cultural riffs ('the Mark Wahlberg Award'); plugs his podcast This Had Oscar Buzz.

In their words

  • “I'm going to dare you to look away.” (1:00:36)
  • “Come listen to our, this had Oscar Buzz podcast.” (1:39:09)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

Their claims

Showing 1–21 of 21 claims.

  1. industry (industry): Parasite → Parasite. Parasite's ensemble made it hard for Oscars; Song Kang-ho was the most recognizable face.
    “I mean, Song Kang Ho is maybe the most recognizable face.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:16:27 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Parasite → Knives Out. Both are true ensembles, so neither could campaign a single acting nominee.
    “The same thing happened to knives out, actually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:16:32 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. contrast (contrast): Richard Schiff → Alfre Woodard. Schiff is a mirror to Woodard: both strained by the same weight from opposite ends.
    “they're both sort of meeting at the middle from like opposite ends of the spectrum.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:38:04 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. theme (theme): Knives Out → Knives Out. The twist is that Ana de Armas's Ana de Armas's character probably will give them the money because she is a good person.
    “I think the twist at the end of knives out is that she probably is going to give them the money”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:41:29 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  5. verdict (verdict): Daniel Craig → Knives Out. Craig is nominated as a lead (the Blankies put him in the supporting ranking, which the speaker questions); speaker also wants him to grow a mustache.
    “I want a little bit of distance from Daniel Craig in that performance visually.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:41:57 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): Frozen 2 → Frozen 2. Defended: Elsa subtext as queer storytelling within Disney's constraints, the ice tunnel scene.
    “Frozen 2 got no credit for being as like perfectly calibrated, queer storytelling as it is”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:48:26 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. verdict (verdict): Eddie Murphy → Dolomite Is My Name. On Joe's best-actor ballot alongside Reeves, Burke, Sandler.
    “Eddie Murphy in Dolomite is my name.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:53:23 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  8. verdict (verdict): Keanu Reeves → John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Joe's nominee for best actor, defended impassionedly on an earlier episode.
    “Keanu Reeves and John Wick chapter 3, Parabellum.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:53:26 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  9. verdict (verdict): Paul Walter Hauser → Richard Jewell. Hauser wins one host's Best Actor: he plays a simple person without judgment, transforming an uneven Eastwood film.
    “The amount of nuance that Paul Walter Hauser brings to the film.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:54:31 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  10. verdict (verdict): Elisabeth Moss → Her Smell. Joe's winner: a high-wire act that dares you to look away and delivers.
    “I'm going to dare you to look away.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:00:36 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  11. verdict (verdict): Parasite → Parasite. Joe's and Griffin's number one film of 2019.
    “number two, little women, number one, parasites.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:07:34 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  12. verdict (verdict): Toy Story 4 → Toy Story 4. David's pleasant surprise; he had it 45th, right above The Two Popes and below Richard Jewell.
    “And then right below it, the 2 popes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:12:15 · Joe Reid (0.35 sure it was them)
  13. verdict (verdict): Midsommar → Midsommar. The old man who gets his face bashed in wins the 'Toots and Poots' award.
    “He wins the Toots and Poots Award this year.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:17:17 · Joe Reid (0.35 sure it was them)
  14. craft (craft): Little Women → Little Women. Joe praises De Plot's work as very locked in for Little Women.
    “I do think De Plot was very locked in for little women.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:44 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  15. craft (craft): Mica Levi → Monos. Levi remains a must-hear composer; Monos work is incredible.
    “Mika Levi, remains, you know, sort of a must hear composer, and her work on Monos is incredible.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:48 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  16. craft (craft): Randy Newman → Marriage Story. Joe likes Newman's dueling scores in Marriage Story.
    “And I liked the Duelan scores in marriage story.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:18:56 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  17. unmapped (dismissed): Olivia Wilde → Richard Jewell. Joke 'Gnarliest Supervillain' award; and the character is a 'complete catastrophe'.
    “the winner is Olivia Wilde and Richard Jewell.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:19:36 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  18. contrast (contrast): The Two Popes → Cats. The film's cut Cat of the Railway Train material makes a parallel joke to Cats.
    “I mean, Anthony Hopkins is trying really hard in the 2 posts, but I heard they cut out all of his cat of the railway train material.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:20:26 · Joe Reid (0.35 sure it was them)
  19. verdict (verdict): Anthony Hopkins → The Two Popes. Best actor playing a pope who says 'that's my pizza'; Best orange soda in a film also goes to The Two Popes.
    “Best actor playing a pope who says, hey, that's my pizza is Anthony Hopkins.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:20:37 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  20. industry (industry): Alfie → Alfie. This Had Oscar Buzz episode: Charles Shyer's 2004 Alfie remake misread what it was and its star.
    “It's just one of those movies that just a total misread of what it's supposed to be and its star.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:39:35 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  21. career (career): Jude Law → Alfie. Producers saw Jude Law and wanted him cockier, a misread of Law's strengths.
    “Where they like see you law and they're like, they want this guy to be cockier, right?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:39:40 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–5 of 5 fun items.

  1. fun, about Blankies and gender categories: Hosts discuss whether gendered categories will survive; fear is men taking over every category if eliminated.
    “the real problem is winners, not nominees.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:40:04 · Joe Reid (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Daniel Craig in Knives Out: Performance 'most in need of facial hair': he can feel him playing the mustache.
    “I can feel him playing the mustache.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:42:04 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Frozen 2: The ice-tunnel Elsa scene with 'phalluses made of ice' defended as queer storytelling.
    “tossing aside like these phallus is made of ice.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:48:47 · Joe Reid (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Paul Walter Hauser: One of Hauser's strengths is never playing the character with judgment; the speaker's pet peeve is actors playing dumb people.
    “My biggest pet peeve is actors playing dumb people, quote unquote”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 0:54:07 · Joe Reid (0.50 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about This Had Oscar Buzz: Joe's podcast with a co-host: this week covers Charles Shyer's 2004 Alfie remake; he believes the protagonist calls his penis Big Ben.
    “I believe he calls his penis Big Ben in that movie.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Fifth Annual Blank Check Awards with Joe Reid (Ad-Free) · 1:39:31 · Joe Reid (0.35 sure it was them)