NEW YORK (CNS) -- The following are capsule reviews of theatrical movies on network and cable television the week of June 3. Please note that televised versions may or may not be edited for language, nudity, violence and sexual situations.

Sunday, June 3, 8:45-10:15 a.m. EDT (Showtime) "Vantage Point" (2008). Propulsive thriller about an attempted assassination of the U.S. president (William Hurt) as he delivers an anti-terrorist speech in Spain, as seen from eight different perspectives including his Secret Service men (Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox), an American tourist (Forest Whitaker), an American TV producer (Sigourney Weaver), a Spanish security officer (Eduardo Noriega), and myriad other characters on the scene during the shooting and the deadly bombings which immediately follow. Director Pete Travis demonstrates a great affinity for this kind of material, while the cast delivers committed performances. Plot improbabilities aside, the script is clever, while culminating in a heart-pounding car chase. Much action violence which, though intense, is not gruesome, frequent uses of the S-word uttered under duress, some mild profanity. Probably acceptable for older teens. The Catholic News Service classification of the theatrical version was A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Monday, June 4, 6:15-8 p.m. EDT (TCM) "They Met in Bombay" (1941). Brisk romantic comedy in which rival jewel-thieves (Clark Gable and Rosalind Russell) join forces to flee Bombay police by stowing aboard a tramp steamer (captained by Peter Lorre) which docks in Hong Kong just as Japanese forces close in. Director Clarence Brown's lighthearted crime caper turns serious when Gable, masquerading as a British officer, is ordered to head a relief column evacuating foreign nationals from the mainland. Grand larceny redeemed by wartime heroics and mild romance. The Catholic News Service classification of the theatrical version was A-II -- adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Friday, June 8, 10:15 p.m.-midnight EDT (TCM) "The Left Hand of God" (1955). Fanciful melodrama set in 1947 China where an American pilot (Humphrey Bogart) downed in World War II and forced to fight for the local warlord (Lee J. Cobb) finally escapes by assuming the identity of a dead Catholic missionary, then tries to save the priest's mission from the warlord's vengeance. Directed by Edward Dmytryk, the conflict between pilot and bandit has some interest but the priestly masquerade and the romantic feelings it arouses in a mission aide (Gene Tierney) are pure Hollywood hokum. Bogus clergyman and romantic complications. The Catholic News Service classification of the theatrical version was A-II -- adults and adolescents. Not rated by the Motion Picture Association of America.

Saturday, June 9, 8:45-10:30 a.m. EDT (Showtime) "The Whole Nine Yards" (2000). A dark comedy set in Montreal about a mob hit man (Bruce Willis) hiding from a dangerous Chicago crime family who moves next door to a likable but dopey dentist (Matthew Perry) who is unaware that his conniving wife (Rosanna Arquette) wants him dead to collect on his life insurance. Director Jonathan Lynn's often funny, cleverly plotted comedy shows off Perry's talent for physical comedy but is somewhat off-putting in its light take on killers and killing. Brief nudity, some stylized violence, a few sexual encounters, and some rough language. The Catholic News Service classification of the theatrical version was A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

Saturday, June 9, 8-10 p.m. EDT (HBO) "American Made" (2017). Wild fact-based story of a TWA pilot (Tom Cruise) recruited by a CIA operative (Domhnall Gleeson) in the early 1980s to fly guns to the U.S.-backed contra forces fighting the Sandinista government in Nicaragua. Diverted from this mission by the chance to smuggle cocaine for the leaders of the nascent Medellin drug cartel (Alejandro Edda and Mauricio Mejia), he develops an elaborate scheme to supply the weapons to the gangsters and the narcotics to the guerrillas -- who, it turns out, would rather get rich than fight. The immense wealth he amasses as a result delights his loyal wife (Sarah Wright Olsen) but draws the suspicion of local (Jesse Plemons) and national (E. Roger Mitchell) law enforcement officials. Director Doug Liman and writer Gary Spinelli revel in the improbability of their tale and the law-flouting skills of their protagonist. But after further complications set in, they try to have it both ways where the white powder is concerned, condemning government hypocrisy while letting the flyboy off the hook. Add to this ambivalence their explicit portrayal of the passionate nature of the central pair's bond and the constant vulgarity that marks the script, and the result is a free-for-all that makes apt fun for few. Strong sexual content, including graphic scenes of marital lovemaking, a glimpse of full nudity and implied aberrant behavior, some stylized combat and other violence, a drug theme, several uses of profanity, pervasive rough and much crude language. The Catholic News Service classification of the theatrical version was L -- limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.

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Mulderig is on the staff of Catholic News Service.