(LIFE) MOVIE V.C. Andrews’ Ruby
8PM
Having scored big ratings with its 2019 movie adaptations of V.C. Andrews’ Casteel Family novels, Lifetime returns to the same well for another movie series, adapted from Andrews’ Landry Family books. The first of those introduces us to Ruby Landry (Raechelle Banno), who has grown up on the Louisiana bayou under the watchful eye of her grandmother, Catherine (Naomi Judd). As a teenager, Ruby falls for sweetheart Paul Tate (Sam Duke), but dark secrets about her family may sabotage that
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romance. Crystal Fox, Gil Bellows and Lauralee Bell also star.
8PM (TCM) MOVIE Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever Mickey Rooney had his seventh (out of 16) outings in the title role of this lightweight but charming 1939 romantic comedy, which finds teenage Andy upset that his girlfriend, Polly Benedict
(Ann Rutherford), has fallen for a handsome military lieutenant. In his wounded state, Andy soon grows infatuated with Miss Rose Meredith (Helen Gilbert), his high school drama teacher. Lewis Stone, Cecilia Parker and Fay Holden also star in the film, which airs as part of tonight’s
“Spring Has Sprung” themed lineup marking the first day of that season.
9PM (SHO) MOVIE Relic Jake Gyllenhaal is among the producers of Natalie Erika James’ critically praised 2020 Australian horror thriller, which opens with the abrupt disappearance of Edna (Robyn Nevin), an elderly family matriarch suffering from dementia. Upon receiving the news, Edna’s daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) travel to their remote family home, which they discover seemingly abandoned, locked from the inside and filled with Post-It reminders for Edna on the furniture.
11 PM (SUND) MOVIE A Few Good Men A brash young
Navy lawyer and a by-thebook colleague (Tom Cruise, Demi Moore) defend two closemouthed Marines accused of murdering a fellow soldier deemed to have “broken the code.” Base commander Nathan R. Jessep (Jack Nicholson), who regards himself as untouchable, stonewalls the attorneys. Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak and Kiefer Sutherland also star in director Rob Reiner’s 1992 version of Aaron Sorkin’s play.