Ratings First: A Movie Nerd Podcast
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.
Ratings First: A Movie Nerd Podcast
Classic Tease... Bringing Out the Dead
🎙️ Bringing Out the Dead (1999) — The Third Classics Tease 🚑🌃🧠
You know the drill by now: ten minutes, then the door slams shut. 🔒
This time it’s Nic Cage, Scorsese, and Schrader — a cursed little holy trinity that somehow made one of the greatest movies no one talks about. Bringing Out the Dead is grimy, feverish, and weirdly hilarious… kind of like our podcast.
Inside the full episode, we crown this as Cage’s finest work (yes, even better than his trophy win). We talk Goodman, Sizemore, Arquette, and more ambulance hallucinations than the human brain should endure. And for once, we’re unanimous: this is top-tier cinema. 📈
But you don’t get that part. You get the tease. The ambulance doors crack open, you peek inside… then slam. Sirens wailing, episode gone. 🚨
👉 Unlock the Classics Tier™ if you want the whole ride. Otherwise, enjoy your ten-minute trip to the ER.
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