There is a Latin flavor to the movies on TV this week, as both Ritchie Valens and Eva Peron do some singing.
Today
“La Bamba,” 8 p.m., Bravo. This bio of Valens (Lou Diamond Phillips) has a good early rock ‘n’ roll feel, leading up to “the day the music died.” 1987.
“Captain Horatio Hornblower,” 10 p.m., Channel 9. The hero of C.S. Forester’s seafaring novels is brought to dashing life by the late Gregory Peck, then in his youthful prime. 1951.
Saturday
“The Road to Eldorado,” 8 p.m., Channel 4. Kevin Kline and Kenneth Branagh provide the witty voices (in the spirit of the wisecracking Bob Hope-Bing Crosby “Road” comedies) for this cartoon box-office flop. They play adventurers headed to Latin America to find their fortune. 2000.
“Evita,” 8 p.m., KTWB. This Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has a few things to suggest about modern celebrity – and who better than Madonna to suggest them? She plays the first lady of Argentina in an Oscar-nominated performance. 1996.
“You Can’t Take it With You,” 9 p.m., Turner Classic Movies. Winning the best picture Oscar was a little generous, but this is a highly entertaining Frank Capra production about an extremely bizarre family and their confident place in the world. James Stewart and Jean Arthur star. 1938.
Sunday
“Bring it On,” 7 p.m., USA. A surprisingly entertaining movie about the world of national cheerleading championships, which you probably hadn’t thought much about. Kirsten Dunst stars. 2000.
Monday
“The Major and the Minor,” 7 p.m., Turner Classic Movies. Wonderful screwball comedy about an adult woman (Ginger Rogers) pretending to be an adolescent to nab a lower train fare on her way home. Ray Milland is the military man who takes pity on the kid. Billy Wilder directed. 1942.
Tuesday
“Bigger Than Life,” 11 p.m., Fox Movies. A peculiar and unsettling 1950s artifact, about a family man (James Mason) who suddenly becomes a wildly different person after trying a new drug. Tense direction by Nicholas Ray. 1956.
Wednesday
“Strange Days,” 9 p.m., Fox Movies. The end of the millennium, deliriously imagined by “Point Break” director Kathryn Bigelow. Ralph Fiennes peddles the ultimate in virtual reality, but gets in over his head. 1995.
Thursday
“The Longest Day,” 8 p.m., American Movie Classics. The D-Day landings, produced on a grand scale by movie mogul Darryl F. Zanuck, enacted by a giant cast of stars in small roles. 1962.
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