Tubi Streaming Original Movie ‘The Thicket’ on Jan. 10
Fox Media’s ad-supported streaming service Tubi is set to launch the original Western movie The Thicket on Jan. 10. Starring Peter Dinklage and Juliette Lewis, the film is about a bounty hunter and a band of unlikely heroes pursuing a brutal killer that find themselves in a deadly no-man’s-land known as “The Thicket.” The movie … Continue reading “Tubi Streaming Original Movie ‘The Thicket’ on Jan. 10”
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