Showtime Next: December 18, 2009

7:00AM
Ripple Effect
A hip clothing designer whose dreams always evaporate just as he is about to taste success begins to suspect that an accident fifteen years earlier that left an innocent man in a wheelchair is extracting a karmic price, and sets out to make amends. Philippe Caland (who also writes, directs and produces) stars with Forest Whitaker, Minnie Driver and Virginia Madsen in this philosophical drama of redemption and responsibility.
8:30AM
The Darwin Awards
An insurance investigator probes a series of deaths-by-mishap that he is expected to authenticate, ranging from an executive who tried to prove his office window was unbreakable to a tourist couple that misunderstood the meaning of "cruise control." Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder star with Tim Blake Nelson and Wilmer Valderrama in this darkly funny comedy.
10:05AM
New York City Serenade
Best friends struggle to achieve success as artists - one a filmmaker, the other a singer - while spending long nights partying in Manhattan and vying for the romantic attentions of the woman they both love. Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Klein, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Wallace Shawn star in this comedy-drama directed by Frank Whaley.
11:55AM
Island of the Dead
Imaginative horror thriller starring Malcolm McDowell as King, a greedy New York real estate developer who ignores prophetic warnings and purchases an island long used to bury the unknown and indigent as a site for his new resort - a decisions with disastrous consequences for King and his corporate cronies. Talisa Soto, Bruce Ramsay and Mos Def costar in this offbeat chiller.
1:30PM
Scorched
Unbeknownst to each other, several disgruntled bank workers plot to rip off their employer using various ingenious schemes, but cross paths while committing the crimes. Alicia Silverstone, Woody Harrelson, Joshua Leonard, Rachael Leigh Cook, Paulo Costanzo and John Cleese star in this ensemble caper.
3:05PM
Ripple Effect
A hip clothing designer whose dreams always evaporate just as he is about to taste success begins to suspect that an accident fifteen years earlier that left an innocent man in a wheelchair is extracting a karmic price, and sets out to make amends. Philippe Caland (who also writes, directs and produces) stars with Forest Whitaker, Minnie Driver and Virginia Madsen in this philosophical drama of redemption and responsibility.
4:30PM
The Darwin Awards
An insurance investigator probes a series of deaths-by-mishap that he is expected to authenticate, ranging from an executive who tried to prove his office window was unbreakable to a tourist couple that misunderstood the meaning of "cruise control." Joseph Fiennes and Winona Ryder star with Tim Blake Nelson and Wilmer Valderrama in this darkly funny comedy.
6:05PM
New York City Serenade
Best friends struggle to achieve success as artists - one a filmmaker, the other a singer - while spending long nights partying in Manhattan and vying for the romantic attentions of the woman they both love. Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Klein, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Wallace Shawn star in this comedy-drama directed by Frank Whaley.
8:00PM
Heckler
Comedian and actor Jamie Kennedy created this revealing documentary that examines that bane of the standup comic, the heckler - and the role of criticism generally in our society, where everyone seems to feel entitled to an opinion. Costarring a who's who of comedy including Bill Maher, Roseanne Barr, Lewis Black and Craig Ferguson.
9:30PM
Scorched
Unbeknownst to each other, several disgruntled bank workers plot to rip off their employer using various ingenious schemes, but cross paths while committing the crimes. Alicia Silverstone, Woody Harrelson, Joshua Leonard, Rachael Leigh Cook, Paulo Costanzo and John Cleese star in this ensemble caper.
11:05PM
Dana Gould: Let Me Put My Thoughts in You
Standup comedian and "Simpsons" writer Dana Gould projects his hilarious musings into the willing minds of viewers with this all-new smorgasbord of hilarity.
12:00AM
The Babysitters
An innocent schoolgirl crush becomes a prime moneymaking venture in this black comedy starring Katherine Waterston as Shirley, a teenage babysitter who shares a surprising, furtive kiss with the bored father (John Leguizamo) whose kids she watches. Their connection soon becomes much more, with sizable tipping involved, a deal that Shirley's libidinous, larcenous girlfriends soon want to share other lonely dads. Cynthia Nixon costars in this "Risky Business"-style caper.
1:30AM
David Crowe: Crooked Finger
Standup comedian David Crowe provides a fresh, funny perspective on such topics as tornadoes, gasaholics, the similarities between George Bush and Henry V, and Led Zeppelin shilling for Cadillac in TV commercials. Recorded live at the Triple Door Theater in Seattle, Washington.
3:00AM
American Psycho 2
This darkly funny sequel to the grisly satire based on Bret Easton Ellis's notorious novel stars Mila Kunis ("That '70s Show") as a demented killer who is eliminating her competitors for a prestigious assistantship to a famed college professor. William Shatner, Robin Dunne and Geraint Wyn-Davies costar.
4:30AM
New York City Serenade
Best friends struggle to achieve success as artists - one a filmmaker, the other a singer - while spending long nights partying in Manhattan and vying for the romantic attentions of the woman they both love. Freddie Prinze Jr., Chris Klein, Jamie-Lynn Sigler and Wallace Shawn star in this comedy-drama directed by Frank Whaley.

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