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Fast movie talk from the tape stack.
So It's Come to This runs on the chemistry of Eric and Charlie talking movies like the tape stack is always within reach. Episodes move quickly from verdict to tangent to oddly specific career memory, especially around horror, thrillers, strange oddities, and comfort-watch discoveries.
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So It's Come to This is a weekly movie conversation built around instinct, shelf archaeology, and the pleasure of finding the exact wrong-right thing to watch. Eric and Charlie do not approach movies like a clean lecture. They chase the charge of a title, a cover, a performer, a death notice, a holiday gag, or a long-running personal mission that finally pays off. The result is fast and messy in the useful way. Shattered turns into a riff on Tom Berringer, plastic-surgery thriller logic, local menace, and the strange comfort of a movie born for laserdisc. Bodies Bodies Bodies lets them admire a newer horror movie while also admitting the cultural distance between the room onscreen and the people watching it. Brain Smasher... A Love Story is pure tape-stack energy, the kind of episode where half the fun is hearing which forgotten tape titles nearly stole the slot. Collateral begins in post-Oscar fatigue, then reveals the show's real taste map: awards movies may exist, but a Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor oddity sitting nearby might win every time. Saturday the 14th shows their recurring holiday logic at work, especially the urge to turn a Friday the 13th tradition into one more bad idea worth following. The Roost is funnier than a straight horror review, yet it still notices craft: handheld panic, smart framing, budget trickery, bats, zombies, and Ty West making limitations feel alive. Tender Mercies proves the show can be affectionate without going soft, using Robert Duvall's death as a doorway into songs, long distances, thwarted revenge fantasies, and why gentleness can be more interesting than the movie they half-imagined. Across the episodes, the critical method is memory plus argument. Eric throws out an association, Charlie sharpens or derails it, and the final take arrives through motion rather than structure. It is especially strong on actor careers, neglected physical media titles, horror craft, and the little category mistakes that make a movie memorable. The tone is irreverent, but the attachment is sincere. These are not capsule reviews. They are lived-in conversations about why certain movies keep calling from the shelf.
Made for: For movie fans who like horror, thrillers, strange finds, actor runs, and physical-media rabbit holes more than tidy review formats. It especially fits listeners who enjoy quick banter, strong preferences, and old titles treated like living objects.
What sets it apart: The show stands out because its criticism comes through shared movie memory: covers, formats, careers, side roles, and half-forgotten titles matter as much as plot. Eric and Charlie make the selection process feel like part of the episode, not just the setup.
Finally, a podcast about movies.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close observation, physical-media enthusiasm, and revisable opinions give Eric and Charlie's film discussions their distinctive pull.
Eric and Charlie treat each movie as an argument still in progress. Their title-by-title discussions move easily between immediate reactions and reconsidered opinions, with enough familiarity to admit when a performance or an entire film has improved on a return visit.
LaserDiscs, bat movies, and James Woods detours: Eric and Charlie reward your deepest video-store instincts.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A Robert Duvall memorial episode that finds Tender Mercies in its songs, oddball band, and quiet sonic texture.
Robert Duvall's death gives Charlie and Eric a natural reason to return to Tender Mercies, a film they admit has been oddly under-discussed on their weekly movie podcast.
Brisk movie talk with room for detours.
Movie homework with fast friend energy.
Movies, soundtrack memories, and retro joy.
Eric and Charlie review Late Night with the Devil, a film they expected to be a theatrical horror breakout after months of festival buzz and David Dastmalchian casting.
Charlie and Eric frame So It's Come to This: A Movie Podcast EP 329 around 1988's Cop, James Woods, and why the film keeps feeling oddly topical.
Eric and Charlie discuss the evolution of the word 'nasty' from a cool slang term in the late 80s and early 90s to its modern usage.
Charlie and Eric discuss the obscure 1989 mob comedy 'Cookie' and their fascination with forgotten late-80s films.
Eric and Charlie discuss the 1999 Nick Cage film 8MM, contrasting its dark tone with their usual feel-good movie choices.
Eric and Charlie discuss the movie Species and explore the idea of sympathizing with aliens as misunderstood beings.
Eric and Charlie discuss their annual tradition of watching Christmas horror movies, focusing on the film 'Blood Beat' for their holiday episode.
Shattered gets framed as a glossy 1991 thriller set around San Francisco and Marin County, with Tom Berenger, Corbin Bernsen, Bob Hoskins, Wolfgang Petersen, Laszlo Kovacs, and Alan Silvestri all part of the pitch.
Charlie and Eric discuss the 2022 horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies, sharing their long-awaited review and reflections on generational differences.
Eric and Charlie discuss their dice podcast and picking a movie from their wall of tapes.
Eric and Charlie discuss their reactions to the Oscars and their lack of interest in certain nominated films like Hamnet.
Eric and Charlie discuss the movie Saturday the 14th and the unusual occurrence of three Friday the 13ths in a year.
Tom Noonan’s horror-host wraparound is treated like a threat, not a joke.
So It’s Come to This: A Movie Podcast spends EP 335 on Tender Mercies, the 1983 Robert Duvall film directed by Bruce Beresford and written by Horton Foote.