Ratings First: A Movie Nerd Podcast

Ratings First

Three filmmakers of unquestionable repute. One irrefutably questionable format. Zero apologies -- this is America, after all.🎥 Ratings First is a movie review podcast hosted by working filmmakers Justin 👨🏻‍🦱, Ethan 👨🏼‍🦰, and Brandon 🧔🏻‍♂️ — a director, a cinematographer, and a guy who's done everything from first AD to sound design. Together, they obsess over movies the way normal people obsess over therapy.They’ve seen it all, argued about it all — and now they’re doing it on-mic. The twist?They rate the movie before they discuss it. Because in a podcast ocean full of masters (WHM), legends (Filmspotting), and Letterboxd darlings (Paddington🧸🇬🇧)... doing it backwards felt like the only way forward. 🎬 Come for the takes, stay for the tension. They may not be famous (yet), but they’re too geeky to quit — unless the nukes drop (fingers crossed), in which case, well... at least we tried.

Episodes

  1. 08/05/2025

    The Naked Gun (2025) — starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, Danny Huston

    Send us a text 🎙️ Episode 6 — The Naked Gun (2025) 💥👖🍫 No, you didn’t miss Episode 5 — that’s Playtime, and it dropped over on our Classics Tier, aka the “Snickers Tier™” 🍫 Why Snickers? Because if you subscribe for $6/month, each of us gets $2 (before taxes), which is just enough to buy one (1) small Snickers bar from Ralph’s. You’re welcome for the financial transparency. Anyway. Episode 6 is all about the reboot no one asked for but everyone watched anyway: 🎯 The Naked Gun (2025) starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. Justin, our resident nihilist ☠️, gave it a 9, which is wild — though Brandon suspects it’s because Justin hasn’t seen a comedy in theaters since 22 Jump Street. Ethan enjoyed it too 👍 (to a lesser degree), and Brandon?  Well… Brandon had expectations. Like, “this is one of my all-time favorite franchises” expectations. And when the classic siren intro is replaced by a graphic designer gag? Yeah. He brought notes. 📋 But hey — the movie is funny. And so is this episode. We debut our first ever long-form trivia game: 👉 Flop? Or Not? 👈 Ethan and Justin go head-to-head guessing which jokes from the movie landed in Brandon’s theater — and which ones absolutely died in the aisles. Spoiler: Justin's favorite gag: A snowman threesome. ☃️☃️☃️ It’s a beautiful blast of an episode, and we think you’ll love it. 🎧 Stream all episodes at ratingsfirstpod.com 🍫 Subscribe to the Classics Tier at ratingsfirst.buzzsprout.com Support the show Check out the website! https://ratingsfirstpod.com/

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Three filmmakers of unquestionable repute. One irrefutably questionable format. Zero apologies -- this is America, after all.🎥 Ratings First is a movie review podcast hosted by working filmmakers Justin 👨🏻‍🦱, Ethan 👨🏼‍🦰, and Brandon 🧔🏻‍♂️ — a director, a cinematographer, and a guy who's done everything from first AD to sound design. Together, they obsess over movies the way normal people obsess over therapy.They’ve seen it all, argued about it all — and now they’re doing it on-mic. The twist?They rate the movie before they discuss it. Because in a podcast ocean full of masters (WHM), legends (Filmspotting), and Letterboxd darlings (Paddington🧸🇬🇧)... doing it backwards felt like the only way forward. 🎬 Come for the takes, stay for the tension. They may not be famous (yet), but they’re too geeky to quit — unless the nukes drop (fingers crossed), in which case, well... at least we tried.