Some called tubes “the people’s streamer,” because it offers an impressive catalog of movies for free, that is, if you don’t mind passing a few ads during your viewing.
If you can, Tubi really does offer a wealth of visual delights, and this December, Watch with us wants to highlight two new additions to the platform and a can’t-miss movie coming out at the end of the month.
Our picks include its smell, an absorbing character drama starring Elisabeth Moss and one Alfred Hitchcock classic, From north to northwest.
The self-destructive rock music Becky Something (Elisabeth Moss) helps bring her band, Something She, into the spotlight with her immense talent, but this rise to fame is quickly thwarted by Becky’s own behavior. His smell is told in five separate scenes from different periods of Becky’s life, highlighting her strained relationships with her bandmates, her family, her ex-husband, and her downward spiral, from which she may finally find redemption.
Alex Ross Perry’s The harrowing yet captivating drama is a showcase of strength for Moss, who commands the challenging role with unwavering verve and total commitment to the character. His smell takes the toxic rock and roll lifestyle away from the glitz and glamor and into the ugly reality through Perry’s crisp script. The film’s co-stars Dan Stevens, Cara Delevingne i Ashley Benson.
Starring the greats Cary Grant, From north to northwest follows Grant’s New York executive, Roger Thornhill, who is hunted by a ruthless spy after a case of mistaken identity. Thornhill ends up embarking on a cross-country adventure while trying to evade the relentless associates of one Phillip Vandamm (James Mason), and finally he is joined by the mysterious and beautiful Eve Kendall (Eva Marie Saint).
Practically one of the best spy thrillers ever made, From north to northwest is another thrilling Alfred Hitchcock classic with a fast-paced and suspenseful script, iconic performances and a masterful score by Bernard Hermann. The chase sequence towards the end, with Thornhill running from a shooting plane, is widely regarded as one of Hitchcock’s most memorable scenes of all time.
Wealthy New York City doctor Bill Hartford (Tom Cruise) fights over marijuana with his wife (Nicole Kidman) that threatens his masculinity. To vent, he goes on a nocturnal odyssey on the city streets, which leads him to crash a perverse, elite party among the upper class. While trying to remain incognito, Bill’s presence is discovered, and after escaping, he descends into paranoia as he feels like he’s being watched.
Although Eyes Wide Shut was released in July 1999, it has become an unconventional Christmas classic. The warm glow of Christmas lights and holiday cheer end up enlivening the eerie atmosphere of Stanley Kubrick’s final film. Sensual, haunting and anchored by one of Cruise’s best performances, watching Eyes tightly closed it’s like walking through the weirdest dream you’ve ever had.
In New Orleans, three disparate men converge in a prison cell: Jack (John Lurie), a dispassionate pimp, Zack (Tom Waits), a disc jockey off and Roberto (Roberto Benigni), a dim-witted Italian tourist arrested for a gambling dispute turned violent. Zack and Jack have been framed for crimes they didn’t commit, and it’s Robert who finds a way to get all three out of jail. The men, constantly at odds with each other, set out to evade capture and leave the state.
Famous indie director Jim Jarmusch makes another uniquely American film about uniquely American anxieties. Funny and poetic, Down by law it’s a grounded and hypnotic portrait of ennui, the idea of the American Dream and longing for a better life but being too lazy to get there. Waits, Lurie and Benigni have incredible chemistry as three men forced to be close to each other: Benigni as the impossibly cheerful Roberto, with Lurie and Waits united only by their pure hatred of him.
Corporate assassin Tasya Vos (Andrea Riseborough) takes out targets using brain implant technology, a delicate process that allows him to inhabit the bodies of others to complete his executions. Her most recent assignment has her entering the body of Colin Tate (Christopher Abbott) to kill CEO John Parse (Sean Bean). However, Tasya struggles with the growing symptoms of her labor, and begins to find herself disappearing into her new host.
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Brandon Cronenberg he shows an inherited understanding of body horror similar to his father, the elder David Cronenbergin this surreal and stylistic slow-burn sci-fi. Supposedly in large quantities of blood and viscera, possessor it also features a compelling (if sparse) narrative and compelling themes of gender and identity, plus great lead performances from Abbott and Riseborough.