This week’s highlights
TODAY
DIE HARD 4.0
FOX MOVIES PREMIUM HD, 8PM
An cyber attack on vulnerable United States infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the scheme seems to have thought of every modern angle, but he never figured on John McClane, the old-school analogue fly in the digital ointment. Stars Bruce Willis, Justin Long and Timothy Olyphant.
MONDAY
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: AMALUNA True X-zyte, 8.30pm
Loosely inspired by Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’, the acrobatic masters of Cirque du Soleil combine balancing acts, colourful, kitschy characters and high-flying aerial sequences to present a coming-of-age love story.
TUESDAY
ALL IS LOST HBO HD, 8pm
After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful solo sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, stranded on a life raft in the middle of the ocean and staring his mortality in the face. Stars Robert Redford.
WEDNESDAY ROAD TO PERDITION True Film HD, 8pm
Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman’s son witnesses what his father does for a living, and the two are forced to embark on a startling journey of revenge and self-discovery. Stars Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin and Rob Maxey.
THURSDAY EAT: THE STORY OF FOOD National Geographic, 6pm
From the way Spam helped defeat Hitler, to how sausage spread across the Roman Empire, this miniseries leaves no morsel of information on the plate as it traces the history of our eating habits.
FRIDAY
EAT PRAY LOVE Fox Movies Premium HD, 8pm
A woman realises how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey of self-discovery. Stars Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem and Richard Jenkins.
SATURDAY
HER HBO HD, 8pm
A love story for the digital age, lonely writer Theodore develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that’s designed to meet his every need. Stars Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson.