New York shrink Ann Hecker (Annabella Sciorra) gets turned on by her dreams of sexual bondage, which are intensified by one patient (Deborah Unger) who acts out S&M fantasies and another (John Leguizamo) who paints them. Men are scant help to Dr. Hecker: Her father committed suicide; her leering mentor (Alan Alda) has an interfering wife (Jill Clayburgh); her lover (Anthony Heald) won't sleep with her; and her new suitor (Jamey Sheridan) won't share his dark secrets.

Writer-director Christopher Crowe (Off Limits) stifles a good cast in a hothouse of kinky fantasy. Reality intrudes when one of Dr. Hecker's patients is murdered. Sciorra has a few wittily argumentative scenes with Anthony LaPaglia, in a solid turn as a cop who once studied psychology and now shudders at hearing the word. You'll shudder, too, after enduring Sciorra's psych-speak sessions with Alda. The only way to enjoy this claptrap is to laugh at it, which is unavoidable during the absurd climax. Without telling who plays the killer, we'll just note that the actor in question delivers the most embarrassingly over-the-top portrayal this side of Friday the 13th.

“The Pretender”

This song wasn't part of the planned track listing for 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, and was put together in a day. "It happened after we recorded a lot of stuff," said Dave Grohl. Yet it ended up as the album opener and the lead single. Grohl called it "a stomping Foo Fighters uptempo song with a little bit of Chuck Berry in it." The singer hinted at the lyrics' political overtones: "Everyone's been f---ed over before and I think a lot of people feel f---ed over right now and they're not getting what they were promised."