It's been awhile! Brian and Chris return from hiatus to talk LITTLE WOMEN, a sharp adaptation of a canonical text that neither of us have read or seen before! Listen as two men tell you why media that centres the experience of women is important! #Justice4Greta Note: This episode was recorded before the COVID-19 outbreak in North America. As such, …

BOOKSMART is the movie of the year. Best picture winner, 2019, already locked up. Alright, this might be a small exaggeration. But BOOKSMART rules! Brian saw it on release and has been evangelical about it ever since! Chris finally saw it and now also knows the joy! We talk Olivia Wilde's directing debut, the incredible characters of Molly and Amy,…

The BON APPETIT brand has been making YouTube videos for years - so why are they taking off now? And why are we helplessly in love with them? In this ep, we celebrate the charming, Springfield-esque nature of the Test Kitchen, talk Bon Appetit's strong blend of personalities, and even do a rarely seen That Thing You Like draft to build our own thre…

HBO's DEADWOOD was a Good+ show taken before its time. One Brian and Chris both love and have never really had the chance to talk about. But good news: 2019 saw the release of the long rumoured Deadwood movie! And it's FANTASTIC. (Brian cried.) We talk about wrapping up loose ends 13 years later and poignant grace notes for Al, Bullock and Trixie, …

Jordan Peele's US is a wonder of a film, and maybe even more fun to pull apart than Get Out? After both seeing it a little belatedly, we sit down to celebrate the INCREDIBLE performance of Lupita Nyong'o and how the movie makes you complicit in cheering on oppression, and once again return to "elevated horror" as a bad term. Watch Us! Let us know w…

Pokemon DETECTIVE PIKACHU is the live action Pokemon movie we all wanted when we were kids. Back when we wanted to be the very best. Like NO ONE ever was! We talk about Ryme City and its incredibly fully realized world, the Ryan Reynolds voice vs Pikachu cuteness, our thoughts on Pokemon that aren't the original 151, and decide which Pokemon we wou…

AVENGERS: ENDGAME is still fresh in our mind, if somewhat less fresh fresh in our hearts. So we thought - why not OPEN THE PORTALS and bring all of our Marvel friends together for one last Phases 1-3 ride. We're joined by brother of the show Andy Shirlaw to build a CONSENSUS ranking of the Marvel movies. We all have to agree! No voting! People make…

Marvel's AVENGERS: ENDGAME marks the end of an era. An era that's continuing with other Avengers? We sit down after our great disliking of Avengers: Infinity War to talk about everything we were surprised to LOVE AND ADORE about Endgame! The core Avengers! The most dramatic flash forward in cinematic history! The Leftovers of it all! The great char…

GAME OF THRONES time, for one of the last times! The Long Night is here, certain people have become Knights of the Seven Kingdoms, and all draws to a dragon-filled conclusion. How do we feel about Game of Thrones Season 8 so far? Who will sit the Iron Throne, and more importantly, who would we vote for in an election? Who could they still kill that…

Marvel's CAPTAIN MARVEL smashed the box-office, and the man-baby tears were as delicious as ever. It's 2019, and a female-led Marvel superhero movie was WAY overdue... but why are we kind of split on this one? In this ep, we give our Captain Marvel review with full spoilies, talk about the surprisingly heady use of microaggressions and gaslighting …

HEREDITARY, Ari Aster's 2018 horror movie, probably should have earned Toni Collette an Oscar nomination. It didn't! Because there's no justice and Paimon reigns. Brian saw Hereditary way back when it was in theatres, and Chris saw it last week, and we were both excited to finally talk about it! We review a horror movie that transcends horror, talk…

It's 2018's biggest night! The stars are out for the FIFTH annual Likey awards, as That Thing You Like awards our best movies, best TV shows, best music, best games, and best everything else of 2018. Plus, a special Most Disappointing Likey that was reserved for a very special, very deserving, Avengers Infinity War. Did Good Place repeat as Best TV…

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE is a complete gem and easily one of the best Spider-Man films ever made. So why didn't it click with more with a wider audience? Is the world not ready for a Spider-Verse? We talk about what makes this movie stand apart from other Marvel superhero films, the mind-bendingly great animation and action, and our desper…

PADDINGTON is a movie about a kind bear. PADDINGTON 2 is a movie about an even kinder bear who... reforms a prison? And in the first one, Paddington makes a convincing case against Brexit paranoia? The kind bear has a lot going on! We review and discuss the films of a beloved (though not to us) childhood icon, the race to the I.P. bottom, and Ben W…

Pixar and Brad Bird have reunited for INCREDIBLES 2, a sequel that has... something on its mind? Focused on Elastigirl while Mr. Incredible spends time learning the value and joy of parenthood, Incredibles 2 tells an always entertaining but thematically muddy story, but one that's always a joy to watch. We talk the incredible action sequences, the …

Another day, another Netflix show. But HILDA stands out from the crowd. It's packed to the brim with charm, smarts, and some pretty incredible world-building, to say nothing of Luke Pearson's amazing art and character design. We discuss the relentless courage and optimism of Hilda herself, the super fun adventures she gets up to, and how the show d…

FINDING BIG COUNTRY might seem like a Vancouver-focused interest story at first, but director Kat Jayme's look at Vancouver's rocky relationship with NBA basketball has more to say than you might think. Through a hunt for former Vancouver Grizzlies star Bryant Reeves, Jayme tells a personal story about adjusting to life when it doesn't go your way …

AMERICAN VANDAL was Netflix's surprise comedy smash of 2017 and we can't believe they cancelled it! But with a turdburglar on the loose, what are two mockumentarians to do but pick up where the true crime satire left off? We talk about American Vandal's surprisingly thoughtful second season, our favourite characters, and how the show ends on a grac…

SPOOKVEMBER IS UPON US! RAW (or Grave, in France) is a 2016 with a real appetite. A hunger, if you will. Possibly even a craving. RAW's ambitious script and confident directing by Julia Ducourneau take it FAR beyond your average gory cannibalism thriller, and firmly into a unique place that explores conformity, sisterhood, female desire, and coming…

CAMPING. After a lifetime spent in the Pacific Northwest, Chris and Brian have THOUGHTS and FEELINGS about camping. What better way to celebrate summer than to finally settle an age old question: Is camping... good? We talk fireside hangouts, horrifying shower experiences, and the pressure to spend warm weather seasons in the great outdoors. If you…

NFL Football is back - what better time to revisit THE REPLACEMENTS? It's a harmless screwball NFL comedy about a lovable band of football misfits! Or... is it actually super weird politically, and an artifact of an even more anti-union, anti-labour attitude towards sports strikes, and strikes in general? Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman may be two al…

A KNIGHT'S TALE is the kind of movie that just doesn't get made these days. Brian Helgeland's 2001 jousting romp has a cast of future stars and a winning story - but more importantly, it has VOICE. We talk about A Knight's Tale holding up better than our nostalgia could have predicted, baby Heath Ledger on the come up, and marvel at how a casting d…

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING is still our new favourite thing, and we're only too happy to review our first full NJPW G1 Climax experience! With Kenny Omega, Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi, and basically EVERYONE getting a wonderful in-tournament character arc, we're ready to say this is some of our favourite wrestling ever. We discuss all the great mat…

Is TRAIN TO BUSAN is 2016's best kept movie secret? Probably! This zombie movie is far more than your average brainless thriller - the action is fresh, the characters are fantastic, the zombies look incredible... but those aren't what pushed it over the top for us. This movie has brains and heart to spare, and it somehow manages to deliver a fantas…

After our first episode, we fell off CATASTOPHE. What a mistake! A month ago, we returned to Sharon Horgan and Rob Delaney's amazing, moving show and found a lot to love. Complicated and touching in equal parts, Catastrophe seasons two and three dealt with difficult subject matter with some radical honesty, and we couldn't be more excited for seaso…

Netflix's DARK flew under the radar last Fall, but we're in love, even if we're late to the party. We talk about the stunning German scenery and production quality, amazing take on time travel, and Dark's fixation on generational emotional traumas. Plus, after a wild ending, how excited are we for season two? Enjoy! (and watch Dark! Seriously.)…

RATATOUILLE! Brad Bird's second Pixar film is way more than a peasant dish. With Incredibles 2 in theatres, we turn back the clock to Bird's sophomore Pixar film and discuss it's troubled production, amazing artwork, and beautiful message. Does the hair pulling work? Is Ratatouille... the best Pixar film?…

Amy Sherman-Palladino (Gilmore Girls, Bunheads) has come to the world of Amazon Prime Video streaming! MARVELOUS MRS. MAISEL is an absolute delight, full of charm, visual style, and pointed commentary on the struggles women face to break into male-dominated spaces. We talk the amazing performances of Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein, the possibly…

NEW JAPAN PRO WRESTLING just wrapped up NJPW Dominion 2018, and it was a show for the ages, with Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada putting on maybe the greatest wrestling match of all time. All of this means one thing: That Thing You Like finally returns to wrestling! Brian's been a NJPW fan for nearly two years, and Chris has seen all of two events,…

HAIL, CEASAR is a wild, old-time Hollywood romp from the incredible Coen Brothers. But is there something else going on beneath the surface? We talk about some loving homages to the "golden age" of cinema, why that golden age may not have been so great, and discuss the Coen Brothers' filmography as a whole. Next week's thing you like: NEW JAPAN PRO…

THE INCREDIBLES is Pixar and Brad Bird's love letter to / subversion of the superhero genre - but how does it hold up? With Incredibles 2 on the horizon, we rewatch and celebrate what makes The Incredibles still a smart, great, emotional family film. Plus, we try to unpack the one line of this movie that makes everyone thing Brad Bird is into Ayn R…

Marvel's AVENGERS Infinity War is shattering box-office records and earning some high praise along the way. So why are we so down on it? We suss out our complicated feelings about this movie's use of fan-favorite characters like Captain America and Black Panther, the problems with Thanos' middling "villain with conviction" motivation, and the conve…

We're back! ANNIHILATION is Alex Garland's sci-fi follow up to EX MACHINA, a movie we gave LIKEY OF THE YEAR award honours to back in 2015. And it is EXTREMELY our shit. We talk about complicated themes about self-destruction, trauma, and change, Natalie Portman's amazing performance, and even Oscar Isaac's questionable accent. Plus, we give our ta…

Pixar's COCO just won the Academy Award for Best Animated film. But maybe it's the start of a Pixar renaissance? We talk about this slightly unheralded Disney Pixar release, the amazing use of colour and visual design, and of course, a flood of Pixar related Coco tears. Note: We're off next week while Brian is on vacation, but will be back the week…

Twin Peaks - FIRE WALK WITH ME: Disjointed mess, or underrated psychological horror masterpiece? Why not both? We review David Lynch's critically panned Twin Peaks prequel, learning more about Laura Palmer, Cheryl Lee's AMAZING performance, and what it has to say about trauma, abuse, and the nature of Bob and Leland. Plus, more thoughts on our upco…

Marvel's BLACK PANTHER is having a moment. A critical, cultural moment. We talk (as best as two white men can) about the sheer joy and excitement of this film, how Black Panther transcends the typical Marvel superhero formula, the joy that is Shuri, Killmonger's complicated trauma and ideology, and more! Let us know what you thought of Black Panthe…

TWIN PEAKS. David Lynch and Mark Frost's original TV-series has been hailed as a classic for years. And now we've finally seen it! We talk the strange thematic depth of Twin Peaks' soap opera meets supernatural mind-bender vibe, the wild cast of characters, and the endless joy of Dale Cooper. Plus, dream logic, Laura Palmer, BOB, and more! And for …

Netflix's AMERICAN VANDAL was a sleeper contender for the best show of 2017. It's a pitch perfect satire of the Netflix's own true crime shows (not to mention Serial), a legitimately interesting faux-mystery, and completely committed to dick jokes. But how can it possibly make all three work in harmony? Listen to find out! Plus, our theories on #Wh…

It's Hollywood's REAL biggest night! Help us celebrate all the good that 2017 had to offer as we look at the best movie, tv show, music, game, social media, and more of the year! How do you feel about The Good Place? Or Twin Peaks? Or Get Out? Well all these things and MORE may be discussed! Break out your fanciest dresswear, rock the red carpet, a…

December brought us another STAR WARS! We talk THE LAST JEDI with keeper of the sacred texts, Tyler Heppell! Why is the movie so emotionally strong, and a little plot weak? Why are internet fanboys so mad about Rian Johnson's take on Luke Skywalker? How do we feel about porgs? When did Carrie Fisher make us cry? It's a mostly positive, fun Star War…

This Christmas, remember: SPOOKVEMBER NEVER SLEEPS! Celebrate the holiday season with our overdue review of Jordan Peele's amazing GET OUT! We talk a lot about how this movie articulates something that's difficult for two white men to really add anything of substance to. It's amazing, and fun, and funny, and everyone should see it. Happy holidays, …

THOR: RAGNAROK is Marvel's latest... and they've actually done an interesting, good movie! We talk about a lot during this episode, including Taika Waititi's influence on Marvel, the spectre of colonialism, and the abandonment of the Shakespearean-dramedy of the first Thor. But we also take time to celebrate the first Thor, because, seriously - We …

Neil Gaiman's CORALINE was adapted into a film by Henry Selick and Laika studios in 2008... and why doesn't anyone talk about it? Erika Moen (OhJoySexToy.com! ErikaMoen.com!), DEAR friend of the show, joins us to discuss her time working on the film (!!!) and how its coming-of-age story connected to her own coming-of-adulthood. Plus, we talk about …

ZODIAC is David Fincher's best movie, and it's ten years old! For SPOOKVEMBER, we bring on Zodiac super-fan Andy Shirlaw to talk about what makes the movie great, the sharp performances of Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr., and Mark Ruffalo, and discuss why a movie about obsession inspires similar obsession. Plus, a ROUSING game of "David Fincher: Are …

COLOSSAL is an under the radar indie drama meets... kaiju battles? Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudekis star in this hard to pin down, but 100% enjoyable film that gets at abusive relationships, self-destructive behaviour, and even gamergate, all through the lens of giant monsters smashing around Seoul, Korea. Colossal is a bewildering, weird experience…

IT 2017 was a smash spooky pre-Halloween hit! But its overly sanitized take on Stephen King's Derry, its citizens, and the thinks that make Pennywise scary didn't really move us. We talk scares, CGI, Stranger Things-comparisons, and more!

BLADE RUNNER 2049 is in theatres, so what better time than now to revisit BLADE RUNNER, the original 1982... masterpiece? We talk about Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford's cyperpunk dystopian neo-noir thriller, how it luxuriates in its Good+ setting, but is weighed down a little by it's Shit+ plot. But there's almost a whole other movie's worth of the…

THE LEFTOVERS wrapped up its final season a few months ago, but now we've both seen it! Chris still isn't in love with any of the characters, but appreciates what the show is trying to get at. Brian is still head over heels for it, and he's the one who writes these posts, so guess what? IT'S THE BEST SHOW WE'VE EVER SEEN! We talk about the final se…

The road is at its end. THAT THING YOU LIKE's 200TH EPISODE EXTRAVAGANZA is here! Of all the Vancouver podcasts, this is one of them! We talk about our experience with the show over 4+ years, how it's changed us, what we love about it, and more. Thanks to you, dear dear DEAR listeners for making the show what it is, and an extra special thanks to e…

GAME OF THRONES shifted into high gear during season 7, and served up a steaming hot plate of action, dragon battles, character twists, and more. So... why did it all feel so flat? We review the plot packed, but a little underwhelming season, talk about Jon and Dany, Tyrion being dumb all of the sudden, and more. Next week is a very special 200TH E…