Powder Blue Jessica Biel, Forest Whitaker, Ray Liotta, Eddie Redmayne Director: Timothy Linh Bui
There are two reasons why most people choose to watch Powder Blue and Jessica Biel (above) doesn't disappoint, airing her assets repeatedly in her role as the stripper with a damaged heart.
That the PR machine behind this production seemed happy enough to focus on the first-ever showing of Biel's (admittedly impressive) fun bags says all you need to know about the quality of the rest of the film.
Director Timothy Linh Bui leans heavily on the ghosts of ensembles past, with echoes of far superior films such as Magnolia and Crash, but he never quite gets it right.
Los Angeles is, as ever, populated by characters beaten and broken down by the world, from Ray Liotta's ex-convict looking to rebuild his life, to Forest Whitaker's suicidal priest. Circumstance brings them in and out of each other's lives, the tones are dark and shadowy, and everyone has a tendency to throw themselves into impassioned speeches about how desperate they are to set things right.
There's no subtlety at all - in either imagery or dialogue. And so when Lisa Kudrow's character offers the fallen priest a tasty looking slice of pie to cure all his ills, make of it what you will. Extras: Commentary (with the director and producer Tracee Stanley), making-of featurette, photo gallery, trailer.