Directed by a duo who worked on hit crime drama Kin, the film has a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Our TV movie pick for tonight (Saturday, 23 November) is Rose Plays Julie, the excellent 2019 Irish thriller drama.
Written and directed by Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor (Baltimore, Kin), the film centres on a university student named Rose (Ann Skelly, The Nevers) who was adopted as a young child and is now seeking out her biological parents.
However, after tracking down her birth mother (Orla Brady, Star Trek: Picard), Rose discovers disturbing information relating to her biological father (Aidan Gillen, Kin).
Holding an impressive 95% score on Rotten Tomatoes – Rose Plays Julie’s darkly compelling story, incredible performances and dread-inducing atmosphere should be seen by a wider audience.
The movie is airing on TV tonight on RTÉ2 at 11.05pm. It is also currently streaming on Prime Video.
And if you want to follow it up with another great Irish thriller, we just recommended one now on Netflix.
Here are the other movies airing on TV tonight:
The Equalizer 2 – Film4 – 9pm
The best of Denzel Washington Equalizer trilogy, we think.
22 Jump Street – RTÉ2 – 9pm
“I thought we had Cate Blanchett with the budget!” – Still one of the funniest lines in a movie ever.
Superbad – Comedy Central – 9pm
Another great, very quotable comedy with Jonah Hill.
Criminal – Legend – 9pm
A forgotten 2016 sci-fi action flick with an oddly stacked cast, including Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot, Gary Oldman, Ryan Reynolds and Tommy Lee Jones.
Sneakers – Legend Xtra – 9pm
This well-liked ’90s heist thriller centres on the leader of a security specialist team (Robert Redford) who finds his past returning to haunt him when he and his colleagues are tasked with retrieving a particularly important item.
Still Alice – TG4 – 9.05pm
Julianne Moore won a Best Actress Oscar for playing a woman diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease in this drama.
Knives Out – Channel 4 – 10.25pm
Daniel Craig’s first outing as gentleman sleuth Benoit Blanc.
Starship Troopers – ITV4 – 11pm
It’s humans versus alien bugs in this cult action sci-fi satire from legendary filmmaker Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct, RoboCop).
Acts of Vengeance – Legend – 11.15pm
Antonio Banderas plays a man who seeks vengeance after his wife and daughter are killed in this 2017 action thriller.
Ronin – Film4 – 11.20pm
Robert De Niro, spies, unbelievable car chases – what’s not to love?
Where the Wild Things Are – TG4 – 11.55pm
The 2009 big-screen version of the acclaimed children’s book of the same name.
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