Tubi or Not Tubi
Film, TV & Pop Culture
About
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 to experience that so you don't have to.Join Ceci and Rafiq as they traverse the inner depths of Tubi's vast film library to view, analyze, and evaluate your next favorite (or least favorite) works of cinema.
Episodes
- Episode 159: Hundreds of Beavers
In this honky-dory, wildly wacky episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we log flume directly into a crowd containing Hundreds of Beavers, the 2022 film directed by Mike Cheslik. On occasion, pit stops are taken at the cult classic gas station on th…
- Episode 158: Terri Joe: Missionary in Miami
In this very southern, very Christian episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we kick off the season at a raunchy party with Terri Joe: Missionary in Miami, the 2026 Tubi Original film directed by Dale S. Lewis. Starting off with a Tubi Original is o…
- Episode 157: A Sensational Sixbiversary!
This year has been one of those years that operates on such a hectic energy that our executives granted us the privelege of celebrating yet another year with libations. Join us as we reminice on what we've witnessed like your local respect…
- Episode 156: The Crucifixion
In this well-traveled, informational episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we find ourselves far from home in The Crucifixion, the 2017 film directed by Xavier Gens. Sometimes you'll find a film Lionsgate picked up roaming the halls of Tubi. Surely…
- Episode 155: Mother, Couch!
In this turbulent, weathered episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we desperately stuggle to find familial closure in Mother, Couch!, the 2023 film written and directed by Niclas Larsson. Things get heated in the recording room as Tubi twists our s…
- Episode 154: Murder at the Murder Mystery Party
In this culturally relevant, vaguely confusing episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we open up a Smash Bros. envelope containing an invite to the Murder at the Murder Mystery Party, the 2023 Tubi Orginal film directed by Jake Helgren. The murder m…
- Episode 153: Breathing In
CW: Discussion of concentration camps, colonialism, and their related horrors. In this bleak, sobering episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we deeply immerse ourselves in the dreaded reality of Breathing In, the 2023 film written and directed by J…
- Episode 152: Cinderella's Revenge
In this springy, whistful episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we throw ourselves into a bloody interpretation of a fairytale classic: Cinderella's Revenge, the 2024 film directed by Andy Edwards. You can always find some kind of Tubi Twist on a f…
- Episode 151: Synchronic
In this soaring, searing episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we casually have a difficult time expressing ourselves to our alleged best friend while taking Synchronic, the 2019 film directed by Justin Benson and starring Anthony Mackie and Jamie…
- Episode 150: Abulele
In this highly anticipated, caffinated episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we protect the ancients known as Abulele, the 2015 film written and directed by Jonathan Geva. The circumstances and mentality behind the story this film tells fascinates…
- Episode 149: Tubi Twofers, Seventeenth Edition
This week on Tubi or not Tubi... we pretend as if a week was not skipped and also pretend that Abulele was not expected to arrive at Thanksgiving because we have SOME MORE TWOFERS to hold you all over while we organize our boats as we ride…
- Episode 148: Vampire Bats
In this blood-suckling, eduactionally grandstanding episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we find ourselves agitating the wrong placental mammals in Vampire Bats, the 2005 film directed by Eric Bross and starring Lucy Lawless. Tubi tends to special…
- Epsiode 147: All Hallows' Eve
BOO! In this SPOOKTACULAR Halloween Special of Tubi or Not Tubi, we conduct a meticulous deep dive of a personal podcast fave: 2016's All Hallows' Eve starring the Meryl Streep of Tubi herself: Lexi Giovagnoli! Join us as we conduct a deep…
- Episode 146: The Ruby Ring
In this hopelessly romantic, life-threatening episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we take an ill-informed journey into the past for The Ruby Ring, the 1997 film directed by Harley Cokeliss. Coming-of-age time-travel adventures come in many shapes…
- Episode 145: Ghost Goggles
In this coma-induced vision of a Tubi or Not Tubi episode. We chastise a widow for accepting booty calls in Ghost Goggles, the 2016 film directed by Creep Creepersin. Tubi has such a deep well of wild children on wacky adventures, and almo…
- Episode 144: Tubi Woofers!
Oh, were you waiting for The Wait? Well, The Wait will have to Wait for reasons worth Waiting about. If you're lucky, you may be waiting forever! There totally most definitely isn't a specific reason related to human error and oppresive te…
- Episode 143: Black Bear
In this foggy, maple-flavored episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we have an argument at the dinner table that we'll be inevitably whining to our therapist about in Black Bear, the 2020 film written and directed by Lawrence Michael Levine, and st…
- Episode 142: Tubi Twofers, Sixteenth Edition
This week on Tubi or Not Tubi... More Twofers again?! Listen, it's a crazy time of year and we have a lot of Tubi Trauma to get off our chest so take a listen while you wait for Aubrey Plaza okay?
- Episode 141: The Mummy an' the Armadillo
In this literary, amethyst episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we put on our berets and drink black coffee upon viewing The Mummy an' the Armadillo, the 2004 film written and directed by J. S. Cardone. On occasion the Tubi viewer comes across a p…
- Episode 140: Tubi Twofers, Fifteenth Edition
It has been a hot second since we've had one of these, but let's roll with it! Once again, we conduct a battle of Tubi Recollection Wizardry. Who will come out on top this time?
- Episode 139: Slay
In this fabulously blood-spattered episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we sashay our way through Slay, the 2024 film written and directed by Jem Garrard. Tubi has an excellent track record when it comes to delivering stories from the voices who m…
- Episode 138: The Lullaby
CW: This podcast episode contains mild discussion/description of sexual assault. The film itself is NOT mild in its depiction, however. In this looming, brooding episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we take a haunting journey into the 2017 film, T…
- Episode 137: Storm Center
In this ever-present, culturally prescient episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we evaluate mob mentality in the 1956 film, Storm Center, written and directed by Daniel Taradash and starring Bette Davis. Tubi has a pesky habit of preseving fascina…
- Episode 136: Ballet Shoes
In this historical, touchingly innocent episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we bend as no one has bent before with the 2007 film, Ballet Shoes, directed by Sandra Goldbacher and starring Emma Watson. One of the frequent coming-of-age genres that…
- Episode 135: Tyger Tyger
In this new-agey, aimless episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we wander around the desert pretending we're cute in the 2019 film, Tyger Tyger, directed by Kerry Mondragón and starring Dylan Sprouse. What happens when one accidentally strays from…
- Episode 134: Inspector Mom
In this investigatively journalistic episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we take a hard long look at the 2006 film, Inspector Mom, directed by Brad Keller. Often times one comes across a film description on Tubi that is irresistable to resist. In…
- Episode 133: The Passion of Darkly Noon
For our season 6 premiere, we are returning to, unveiling, and dissecting the hidden wonders of a film that will forever shake our mental foundations for all time. That film is the 1995 cinematic force known as The Passion of Darkly Noon,…
- Episode 132: Tár
In celebration of our fifth anniversary, Tubi or Not Tubi will be reviewing Tár, written and directed by Todd Field and starring Cate Blanchett. When we consider the state of society in 2025, this film becomes even more prescient as a thes…
- Episode 131: Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls
In this rapid-fire, spookalicious episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we tackle the listener-suggested wonder that is the 2023 film, Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls, written, directed, and starring Andrew Bowser. Tubi is a powerful…
- Episode 130: Punk Rock
In this hardcore, blazing episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we lazily lounge at the honky tonk that characterizes the 1977 film, Punk Rock, directed by Carter Stevens. Tubi has an interesting track record when it comes to radical radicalism, in…
- Episode 129: The Thicket
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…
- Episode 128: Stealing Sunrise
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,…
- Episode 127: Future Fear
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 v…
- Episode 126: Tubi Twofers, Fourteenth Edition
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 healt…
- Episode 125: Christmas Classics Series: O'Christmas Tree
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…
- Episode 124: Night Cries
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 an…
- Episode 123: Tubi Twofers, Thirteenth Edition
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 t…
- Episode 122: Pandorum
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…
- Episode 121: Blood Tea and Red String
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 fanta…
- Episode 120: Killer Sofa
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…
- Episode 119: A Heartfelt Meditation w/ Shengwei Zhou the Innovator
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…
- Episode 118: The Wicked Lady
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…
- Episode 117: Bernice Bobs Her Hair
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 Berni…
- Episode 116: Xane: The Vampire God
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.…
- Episode 115: SHe
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…
- Episode 114: Bigfoot (2012)
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…
- Episode 113: Swallows and Amazons
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…
- Episode 112: Tubi Twofers, Twelfth Edition
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!
- Episode 111: Tubi Twofers, Eleventh Edition
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!
- Episode 110: The City of Your Final Destination
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,…