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Tubi or Not Tubi
by 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 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
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Episode 170: Paperhouse
In this fleeting, looming episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we contemplate the nature of childhood relationships in our respective familial units in a Paperhouse, the 1988 film directed by Bernard Rose. This seems like the kind of movie you have to know about to know about if you know what I mean?…
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Episode 169: A Promise to Astrid
In this kindly, neighborly episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we make A Promise to Astrid, the 2019 film written and directed by Jason Campbell, Gary Lee Vincent, and Mike Tourville. This episode is here because we Promised Astrid. She is watching.
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Episode 168: What Becomes of the Children
In this innocent, simple episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we travel backward in the American zeitgeist timeline to witness What Becomes of the Children, the 1936 film directed by Walter Shumway. The morals of the mid 1930s become much more mysterious when one imagines the involvement of Tubi. This is...
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Episode 167: Wolfskin: A Fairy Tale
In this transformative, whistful episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we venture into the fairytale silence of Wolfskin: A Fairy Tale, the 2013 film written and directed by Richard Mansfield. Tubi is an app that is no stranger to silence, and finding this film in its depths was impactful... the nature of...
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Episode 166: Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter
In this holy sacrament of a Tubi or Not Tubi episode, we take a big bite of garlic shawarma as we watch Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, the 2001 film directed by Lee Demarbre Tubi has no shortage of films in the realm of silly parody, especially when it comes to Jesus. How will this next case study...
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Episode 165: Queen Bee
In this sweltering, scandalous episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we watch the chaos wrought in Queen Bee, the 1955 film written and directed by Ranald MacDougall and starring Joan Crawford. Tubi is a wonderful and generous archive, that has a range of options that span all of time. What a delight it…
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Episode 164: Rise & Fight: The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill
In this patriotic, cherry tree of a Tubi or Not Tubi episode, we boil some tar and pluck some pheasants for Rise & Fight: The Battle of Hobkirk's Hill, the 2025 film written and directed by Christopher Forbes. This episode is a special treat, because it actively enabled Rafiq to elaborate fully…
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Episode 163: Dimland
In this nondescript, dreary episode of Tubi or Not Tubi, we stare into the vague void of barely a memory in Dimland, the 2021 film written and directed by Peter Collins Campbell. Tubi has this habit of shocking the eyes who witness it in ways that force internalizatuon. I will not elaborate. Not…
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Episode 162: An Electric Exaltation w/ Niclas Larsson the Sorcerer
This week on Tubi or Not Tubi, we bring you a truly delightful conversation with Niclas Larsson, the director of Mother, Couch! It is often a wonderful experience to pick the brain of a creator regarding their creation, and it is a privilege to connect with the mind behind Mother, Couch. Join us…
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Episode 161: Moon Manor
In this effervescent, timely* episode of Tubi or Not Tubi: we reflect on the meaning of life as well as life's many meanings in the halls of Moon Manor, the 2022 film directed by Machete Bang Bang & Erin Granat. Our attention was captured by a totally cool poster, but will the film follow…
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Episode 160: Tubi Twofers, Eighteenth Edition
A bunch of graduations happend and we are academic people so this week it's 18th edition of Tubi Twofers! A game where we competitively educate each other on some of the stones and poisons found in the deep library of this mysterious app...
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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 this journey. However, one must wonder: is this a true oasis...
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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 one of the more fitting ways to kick off the season, but…
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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 respected stolen honor war vets!
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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 that's a sign of normalcy... Right?
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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 sensibilities and plot perception as our hosts litigate the...
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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 mystery genre is one of the least mysterious genres to ever...
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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 Jaco Bouwer. The history of the world is so big, and Tubi...
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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 fairytale. That said, one must wonder: how will Cinderella...
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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 Dornan. The movies that Tubi provides for us somehow never...
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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 on many fronts, especially for being Yet Another Tubi E.T...
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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 the river of life!
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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 specialize in providing the genre of animal attack horror, and...
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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 dissection into the incomparable, dangerously imaginative...
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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, sizes and creeds. However, there is always the question…
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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 almost every time there are unexpected elements... It is safe…
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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 technological ecosystems that you shall Wait for The Wait....
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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 starring Aubrey Plaza. Tubi has a plethora of specific films...
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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?
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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 particular piece with fierce, artful intentions. With a…
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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?
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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 most want to tell them, and this one is another feather in...
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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, The Lullaby, directed by Darrell Roodt. Pregnancy has an...
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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 fascinating cinematic works of the past, and on this show, Bette...
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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 can be found in abundance on Tubi is "Orphan Girls Learn...
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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 the Official Unofficial Sprouse Twins Ritualisitic At…
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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 this case there is both a soccer mom and a murder…
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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, written and directed by Phillip Ridley... starring Brendan...
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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 thesis on power, privelege, and cultural ignorance as…
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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 entity, that happily absorbs many a passion project: and...
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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 fact it is so interesting that said record is impossible…
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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 avoid the inevitability of Tubi. How come? Tubi is where...
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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, and others are. Other times heists are too sad. Tubi…
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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 varying effectiveness. But will it be enough to make us…
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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 health. Anyways! It's Tubi Twofers! Buyer Beware!
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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. A Tubi Christmas is often a twister that not only rivals...
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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 and drama, and said needle is a difficult one to thread......
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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 time? Listen to find out!
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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 comes to the science fiction of that time everything…
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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 fantasy stop motion! Will it strike at our hearts? Will our…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
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.
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Cecilia Dillon & Rafiq Taylor
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How many episodes does Tubi or Not Tubi have?
Tubi or Not Tubi currently has 170 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Tubi or Not Tubi 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...
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Tubi or Not Tubi publishes regularly with 170 episodes available. Check the episode list for the typical release schedule.
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Who hosts Tubi or Not Tubi?
Tubi or Not Tubi is created and hosted by Cecilia Dillon & Rafiq Taylor.
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