Your first problem is that you are trying to watch movies on basic cable. Basic cable cuts out the good parts and breaks for commercials. With the numerous commercial free movie channels, DVD, bluray, Netflix, PPV.... I cannot for the life of me understand why anybody would watch a movie on a basic cable channel that is not an original cable channel movie (something exclusive to that channel). I hate to call you cheap, but find an alternative. You get what you pay for.
At least with TV shows, they were made for TV and they are not cut up from what the director intended. The scenes and language cut out from a movie on basic cable are scenes that were intended to be in the movie. They are what make the film. Try watching something like Full Metal Jacket or a horror movie like Halloween on basic cable. They cust stuff out.
Pick up a movie channel package or two and stop complaining. At least you'll get 16x9 HD on many of them.