wednesday (Jan 7)
Film - Zoolander on Fox Movies at 8pm.
The international misadventures of fashion model Derek Zoolander, who is hired to stop a secret cartel of political assassins posing as male models. Derek soon discovers the horrifying secret of why no male models live past the age of 30. While Derek tries to infiltrate the fashion/assassin clique led by the mean-spirited designer Mugatu, he must also contend with Hansel (Owen Wilson), a dense, on-the-rise male model who threatens to sabotage his mission as well as his modelling .
THURSDAY (Jan 8)
Film - Zodiac on Super Movies at 9pm.
There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer. The hunt is on for a serial killer in San Francisco. Few cases in the history of true crime are as intriguing as that of Zodiac, a bizarre gunman in an executioner's hood, who taunts the police with dozens of letters containing eerie messages and cryptograms. Director David Fincher (Panic Room, Fight Club, Se7en) captures the story of the infamous killer who terrorised the city in the late 1960s.
FRIDAY (Jan 9)
Film - Planet of the Apes on Star Movies at 8.30pm.
In the year 2029, astronaut Leo Davidson crash lands on a strange, savage planet ruled by apes that have enslaved the human race. Led by the brutal General Thade, the apes seek to destroy Davidson, whose presence upsets their order and threatens to inspire a human rebellion. Aided by a sympathetic chimpanzee and human-rights activist, as well as a small group of human rebels, Davidson races through a barren landscape called The Forbidden Zone, where an ancient temple holds the key to mankind's salvation.
SATURDAY (Jan 10)
Documentary - Prison Nation on NGC at 8pm.
America has more prisoners behind bars than any other country on earth. It now has 25 per cent of the world's incarcerated, with just five per cent of the population; it's an entire nation behind bars. But today, that nation is in crisis. Increasing violence, extreme crowding, rampant drug use and gang warfare are all part of daily life behind bars. And every day it gets a little worse. National Geographic Television journeys deep into the heart of America's troubled prison system, navigating this world with the inmates who struggle to survive incarceration, the officers responsible for controlling and protecting them and the experts trying to solve the crisis of Prison Nation.
SUNDAY (Jan 11)
Film - Spiderman on Fox Movies at 10pm.
Orphaned at an early age, Peter Parker lives in Queens, New York with his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben. He leads the life of a normal student, working as a photographer at the school paper, pining after the beautiful Mary Jane Watson and hanging out with buddy Harry Osborn. Peter is bitten by a genetically-altered spider and soon discovers that he has unusual powers. Peter first uses his powers to make money, but in the face of a tragedy that hits close to home, he vows to dedicate his life to fighting crime.
MONDAY (Jan 12)
Film - The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen on Fox Movies at 10pm.
Allan Quatermain, the world's greatest adventurer, leads a legion of superheroes the likes of which the world has never seen. Quatermain's extraordinary League is comprised of Captain Nemo, Dracula vampires, Mina Harker, an invisible man Rodney Skinner, American secret service agent Sawyer, Dorian Gray, Dr Jekyll /Mr Hyde and M - the League's enigmatic recruiter. The League members are staunch individualists, outcasts in fact, with chequered pasts and singular gifts that have been both blessing and curse. Now they must learn to trust each other and work as a team for the very hope of civilisation.
TUESDAY (Jan 13)
Film - Pathfinder on Star Movies at 8.30pm.
Set 500 years before Columbus reached America, a Viking child becomes the lone survivor of a shipwreck. Raised by the Native American Indians, the 10-year-old grows up to become a skilled hunter and warrior. Known to his tribe as Ghost the youngster tries to forget his past and embrace his new homeland. Fifteen years later, the Vikings return to America again, determined to launch a savage attack to destroy the Native Indians. Ghost wages a one-man war against the Vikings and becomes his people's saviour.