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Tubi or Not Tubi

Cecilia Dillon & Rafiq Taylor

So you"re sitting on your couch... Or in your bed... Or on the subway during a 3-hour commute to a generic ceremony that vaguely involves a series of bizarre acquaintances... And you need something to stream. You stumble across the free film streaming app named Tubi. You marvel at the variety of quality films, many of which no one has encountered before. You click a title that interests you based on the description. A dog vomits within the first ten minutes... in live-action. We made a podcast

tv & film film reviews

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01:32:22

Episode 129: The Thicket

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2025/02/19

In this brisk, hardened episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we mosey on down into the 2024 Tubi Original film, The Thicket, directed by Elliott Lester and starring Peter Dinklage. When one examines the state of cinema in modern times, they cannot avoid the inevitability of Tubi. How come? Tubi is where passion projects go to be their unapologetic selves, and this film is no exception. But will that passion rub off on us?

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01:33:36

Episode 128: Stealing Sunrise

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2025/02/05

CW: Ableist Tomfoolery In this edgy, crime-ridden episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we plan to rob as many stores as possible in the 2015 film, Stealing Sunrise, written and directed by Michael Jason Allen. Some heists are not meant to happen, and others are. Other times heists are too sad. Tubi heists are often strange. But are they dangerous and thrilling? Sometimes. How does one steal sunrise anyways.

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01:43:20

Episode 127: Future Fear

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2025/01/22

In this forward-looking, frightful epsiode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we are catching a glimpse of potential terrors in the 2021 film, Future Fear, directed by Ken May. Tubi often loves to surpise us these days. It did it again here, to widely varying effectiveness. But will it be enough to make us fear for our future? Who knows.

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57:36

Episode 126: Tubi Twofers, Fourteenth Edition

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2025/01/08

Are we kicking off the year with a round of Tubi Twofers? Yes... Okay, okay hear me out. Tubi started being utterly relentless in its assault on the senses and frankly we needed a chance to trauma dump a little bit. You know. For our health. Anyways! It's Tubi Twofers! Buyer Beware!

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52:27

Episode 125: Christmas Classics Series: O'Christmas Tree

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/12/24

In this Christmasy Christman Christmas of a Christmas Holiday Episode, we Christmas the Christmas all over the Christmas with the 1999 Christmas film, Christmas Classics Series: O'Christmas Tree, directed by Bert Ring and starring Ed Asner. A Tubi Christmas is often a twister that not only rivals but TOWERS OVER the Hallmark traditions. It is the truth. It simply is. No god-fearing member of the New York Times Cultural Critics Cabal will understand. But they will. You hear me Amanda Hess? You

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01:21:24

Episode 124: Night Cries

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/12/11

In this disaster-fueled, taciturn episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we're comtemplating the strange futures proposed by the 2015 film, Night Cries, written and directed by Andrew Cymek. The Tubi library is no stranger to the fusion of sci-fi and drama, and said needle is a difficult one to thread... Will the cries in the night time do it?

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01:10:12

Episode 123: Tubi Twofers, Thirteenth Edition

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/11/27

Oh my great golly goodness it's a Turkey Surprise! Yes, it's another edition of Tubi Twofers, the minigame in which we unlock the hidden knowledge we do not wish to remember for the elusive Quizmaster Pete... Who will snatch victory this time? Listen to find out!

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01:40:06

Episode 122: Pandorum

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/11/14

In this mechanical, abandoned episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we are entering the darkest depths of unknown terrors in the 2009 film, Pandorum, directed by Christian Alvert and starring Dennis Quaid. 2009 is the year before 2010, and when it comes to the science fiction of that time everything seemes to feel like eating at Applebees. So of course one must wonder what happens when you eat Applebees at Tubi. That made no sense. I'm keeping it in.

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01:15:48

Episode 121: Blood Tea and Red String

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/10/31

In this flighty, whistful episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we once again stop the motion of our emotions for 2006 film, Blood Tea and Red String, written and directed by Christiane Cegavske. Tubi is once again gracing us with fantastical fantasy stop motion! Will it strike at our hearts? Will our heart be cut out off screen somehow? I do not know! Let's find out!

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01:28:21

Episode 120: Killer Sofa

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/10/16

In this memeified, reclining episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we finally get the Tubitunity to witness the 2019 cult classic, Killer Sofa, written and directed by Bernie Rao. Sofas are genuinely dangerous. Especially those heavy ones that have the recliner with all those bars on the inside that are impossible to carry comfortably. So of course Tubi will understand our plight into the true terror of this grave object! Of course Tubi will understand...

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01:36:57

Episode 119: A Heartfelt Meditation w/ Shengwei Zhou...

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/10/02

This week on Tubi or Not Tubi, we have an absolute treat! Join us for a delightful conversation with Shengwei Zhou, a self-taught master of stop motion and the mind that generated the recently reviewed Sh(e). We dig deep into not only the process of art-making, but the mysteries that lie under the surface of the compulsion to create itself. It's a wild journey we take as we investigate the inside stories of Sh(e), Art is Dead, and Zhou's currently developing series: Perfect City.

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01:35:31

Episode 118: The Wicked Lady

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/09/18

In this unashamed, brazen episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we break the chains of common human decency with the 1983 film, The Wicked Lady, directed by Michael Winner and starring Faye Dunaway. One of the most dangerous versions of a Tubi film one can find is the early 1880's rated R period comedy. But is said danger actually an amusement, or is it just plain dangerous? Let's find out together!

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01:16:00

Episode 117: Bernice Bobs Her Hair

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/09/04

In this peer pressured, ostracizing episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we get a little pep in our assimilating step for the 1976 film, Bernice Bobs Her Hair, directed by Jona Micklin Silver. "Wait, do you mean the early F. Scott Fitzgerald Bernice Bobs Her Hair?" Yes, that one silly! If Agatha Christie is anything to go by, even adaptions aren't immune from the unseen manipulations of Tubi...

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01:42:17

Episode 116: Xane: The Vampire God

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/08/21

In this eternal, brooding episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we travel the timestream in search of the 2020 film, Xane: The Vampire God, directed by Johnny Pendragon. There are many things that exist on Tubi. Some things happen to always exist. Not many MUST always exist. But Jocelyn is there. Existing. I guess.

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01:23:32

Episode 115: SHe

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/08/07

CW: Subjugation, in every form In this overworked, deeply wounded episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we wear the clothes of our enemies and sneak into the 2018 film, SHe, written and directed by Shengwei Zhou. Listen. Look... Tubi sometimes does social experiements on you. We didn't see this one comin.

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01:09:20

Episode 114: Bigfoot (2012)

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/07/24

In this rambunctious, frantic episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we do our best to run from the beast who lives in the caves of the Dakotas known as the 2012 movie, Bigfoot, directed by Bruce Davison and starring Danny Bonaduce and Sherilyn Fenn. Tubi has been putting us through the ringer lately, so it is only fitting for us to attempt an emotional reset using the grace of a Bigfoot film. But can Tubi fill the shoes?

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01:10:51

Episode 113: Swallows and Amazons

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/07/10

In this whistful, nostalgic episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we get on a boat with our father's permission and travel to the quaint island known as the 2016 film, Swallows and Amazons, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe. This episode was supposed to be a walk in the park. This genre is supposed to be a slam dunk. This one was teased for nearly a quarter of an entire year. Now you, yes you, will finally bear witness... For Tubi has fooled us all.

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47:18

Episode 112: Tubi Twofers, Twelfth Edition

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/06/25

Wait, more Twofers?? Yes, another dose is in order my friends! How come? Because the seas of Tubi are turbulent and demand to be known! So join us again as we face another trial from Quizmaster Pete!

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01:10:15

Episode 111: Tubi Twofers, Eleventh Edition

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/06/11

It is peak summer season and boy oh boy have we been inundated in Tubi's Turbulent Waters... Indeed it is time to unload the mental cargo for another set of Terrifying Tubi Twofers!

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01:18:51

Episode 110: The City of Your Final Destination

Tubi or Not Tubi ·

2024/05/29

In this meandering gondola boat ride of a Tubi or Not Tubi episode, we repeatedly politely ask permission to gently view the 2009 film, The City of Your Final Destination, directed by James Ivory and starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, and Hiroyuki Sanada. "Drama-Kinda-Romances where an introvert goes to some random country and asks politley for things for 2 hours" is one of the weirdest genres cinema has to offer. However, with a title like this one, and Anthony Hopkins attached, how could we

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