Showtime Beyond: December 18, 2009

6:35AM
The Designated Mourner
Writer Wallace Shawn and director David Hare bring their considerable theatrical talents to this unique film. Set in a not-too-distant future in an unnamed, once-Democratic nation, three people stage a discourse on the murder of intellectual and artistic life in a repressive, totalitarian society. Miranda Richardson, Mike Nichols and David De Keyser star in this absorbing drama adapted from Shawn's play.
8:15AM
Dreamscape
In this visually awe-inspiring sci-fi adventure, a psychic (Dennis Quaid) who uses his ESP abilities only for financial gain is hired to project himself into the dreams of scientific subjects as part of a groundbreaking clinical study. When he discovers a plot to assassinate the president of the United States, however, he must put aside his mercenary nature to literally save the world. Kate Capshaw, Max von Sydow, Eddie Albert, Christopher Plummer and David Patrick Kelly costar.
10:00AM
Close Your Eyes
A hypnotherapist (Goran Visnjic) and an unorthodox London homicide investigator (Shirley Henderson) team up to solve the case of a tattoo murderer with links to a centuries-old cult in this thriller based on the novel "Doctor Sleep." Paddy Considine and Miranda Otto costar in this film as known as "Hypnotic."
11:45AM
The Dead One
Killed in a car accident, a young Los Angeles native is enslaved by the Aztec god of the dead and forced to walk the city streets with the power to take and restore life. Wilmer Valderrama stars in this eerie thriller with Angie Cepeda, Tony Plana, Maria Conchita Alonzo, Billy Drago and Alfonso Arau.
1:15PM
A Boy And His Dog
Don Johnson of "Miami Vice" and "Nash Bridges" fame makes an early career appearance in this satirical science fiction fable from the mind of famed scribe Harlan Ellison. Johnson is Vic, a violent teenager with a telepathic link to his cute mutt Blood, one that benefits both of them in the postapocalyptic world they inhabit. When Vic is captured by a subterranean society hungry for sperm donors, the randy lad is more than up to the task. Susanne Benton, Jason Robards, Alvy Moore and L.Q. Jones (who also wrote and directed) costar.
3:00PM
Desert of Blood
After fifty year entombed below a Mexican desert, a vampire awakens to embark on a bloody odyssey of revenge in this psychological horror film starring Justin Quinn and Brenda Romero.
4:30PM
The Designated Mourner
Writer Wallace Shawn and director David Hare bring their considerable theatrical talents to this unique film. Set in a not-too-distant future in an unnamed, once-Democratic nation, three people stage a discourse on the murder of intellectual and artistic life in a repressive, totalitarian society. Miranda Richardson, Mike Nichols and David De Keyser star in this absorbing drama adapted from Shawn's play.
6:05PM
Close Your Eyes
A hypnotherapist (Goran Visnjic) and an unorthodox London homicide investigator (Shirley Henderson) team up to solve the case of a tattoo murderer with links to a centuries-old cult in this thriller based on the novel "Doctor Sleep." Paddy Considine and Miranda Otto costar in this film as known as "Hypnotic."
8:00PM
Bangkok Dangerous
Set on the neon-drenched mean streets of Thailand's capital, this stylish exercise in Asian cool follows the journey of a deaf-mute hit man (Pawalit Mongkolpisit) as he balances a chance at a redemptive romance with the need to maintain the honor code of his profession. Written and directed by twin brother powerhouses Oxide and Danny Pang (who apprenticed in the Hong Kong movie industry), "Bangkok Dangerous" serves up a zesty taste of Thai cinema with its kinetic editing, bravura action sequences and wild subjective point-of-view shots.
10:00PM
Cube 2: Hypercube
Eight strangers awaken to find themselves in another dimension, mysteriously trapped in a high-tech cube that doubles as a lethal maze from which they must attempt to escape. Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Bruce Gray and Matthew Ferguson star in this sequel to the sci-fi horror cult classic.
11:35PM
Death Valley (2008)
Four young friends attending a winter rave in the desert run afoul of some very nasty, highly homicidal locals in this terrifying thriller starring Eric Christian Olsen, Rider Strong, Vince Vieluf, Dash Mihok, Brendan Fletcher, Wayne Young, Genevieve Cortese and Bumper Robinson.
1:15AM
Miner's Massacre
Thinking they've struck it rich, a group of friends is elated to discover gold in an abandoned mine - but they awaken the vengeful spirit of the claim's original owner, a murderous ghost that's not about to let them leave with his claim. Karen Black, John Phillip Law, Richard Lynch, Vernon Wells, Martin Kove and Jeff Conaway costar in this memorable horror outing.
2:45AM
Kinky Killers
A serial killer is somehow connected to accounts of an early Christian martyr and saint, leaving two baffled detectives to piece together arcane clues and bring a murderer to justice in this crime thriller starring Michael Pare, Charles Durning and Brooke Lewis.
4:15AM
Dreamscape
In this visually awe-inspiring sci-fi adventure, a psychic (Dennis Quaid) who uses his ESP abilities only for financial gain is hired to project himself into the dreams of scientific subjects as part of a groundbreaking clinical study. When he discovers a plot to assassinate the president of the United States, however, he must put aside his mercenary nature to literally save the world. Kate Capshaw, Max von Sydow, Eddie Albert, Christopher Plummer and David Patrick Kelly costar.

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