NEW YORK (OSV News) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of Aug. 6. Please note that televised versions may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence, and sexual situations.

Sunday, Aug. 6, 1:30-4 p.m. EDT (AMC) "Speed" (1994). Determined to save a busload of terrified passengers, a Los Angeles SWAT team cop (Keanu Reeves) leaps onboard a city bus that has been rigged by a psychotic explosives expert (Dennis Hopper) to blow up if it goes less than 50 mph. Despite the ludicrous escapist plot that ultimately goes over the top with impossible heroics, director Jan de Bont's nonstop action movie concentrates more on the steel-willed cop's efforts to prevent mass murder than on the mayhem committed by the crazed maniac. Intermittent violence, intense explosions, frequent rough language. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating was R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Monday, Aug. 7, 7-9 p.m. EDT (Showtime) "Last Holiday" (2006). Touching if improbable tale of dowdy spinster (Queen Latifah) who, upon learning she has only a few weeks to live, takes her life savings and goes to Europe where she gets a makeover and acquires a new outlook, changing the fates of a corrupt businessman (Timothy Hutton) and less-than-altruistic politicians. Wayne Wang's remake of a 1950 Alec Guinness movie which had a script by august English writer J.B. Priestley is marred by some silly slapstick, but mostly, though predictable and contrived, it's a feel-good film with the marvelously empathetic Latifah and a positive message about recognizing one's possibilities and having the courage to follow through on them. A few instances of crude language, some frank sexual talk and innuendo, an adulterous situation. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating was PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Tuesday, Aug. 8, 8-10 p.m. EDT (TCM) "Gold Diggers of 1933" (1933). Frothy backstage musical about a Broadway producer (Ned Sparks) mounting a show with money from a novice songwriter (Dick Powell) whose Boston banking family threatens to disinherit him if he weds a showgirl (Ruby Keeler). Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, the creaky plot has stuffy family emissaries Warren William and Guy Kibbee falling for showgirls Joan Blondell and Aline MacMahon, but what still holds interest are Busby Berkeley's production numbers featuring "We're in the Money," "Petting in the Park," the illuminated violins in "Shadow Waltz" and the finale's Depression-themed "My Forgotten Man." Considerable sexual innuendo and alcoholic excess. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was A-III -- adults. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association.

Wednesday, Aug. 9, 6-8 p.m. EDT (Showtime) "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981). Tongue-in-cheek action melodrama about the titular archaeologist-adventurer (Harrison Ford), and his feisty girlfriend (Karen Allen) who save the biblical Ark of the Covenant for the good old U.S.A. despite the worst efforts of a clutch of Nazi villains. Director Steven Spielberg's attempt to recapture the excitement of the old movie serials becomes tiresome and repetitious in its reliance on constant action. Intense violence, gruesome special effects and a questionable use of something as sacred as the Ark as a source of destructive power. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating was PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (First in a series of four Indiana Jones films, concluding Thursday, Aug. 10, 2:30 a.m. EDT)

Saturday, Aug. 12, 8-10 p.m. EDT (TCM) "Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison" (1957). Lightweight but good-natured World War II yarn in which a shipwrecked Marine (Robert Mitchum) washes up on a Pacific island, meets an Irish nun (Deborah Kerr) who had stayed behind to care for a dying priest and, when Japanese troops set up a base there, the two take refuge in a cave to await the arrival of the Navy. Directed by John Huston, the story centers on the friendship forged in harrowing circumstances between two people whose very different outlooks on life are the subject of much earnest discussion and some humor, though on one occasion the Marine gets drunk and does not act like a gentleman. Some wartime violence. The OSV News classification of the theatrical version was A-I -- general patronage. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association. (Part of a marathon of films featuring Kerr, beginning with "Please Believe Me" (1950) 6-7:30 a.m. EDT and ending with "Dream Wife" (1953) Sunday, Aug. 13, 4:15-6 a.m. EDT)- - - John Mulderig is media reviewer for OSV News. Follow him on Twitter @JohnMulderig1.