“True Deception” (** out of four) was a true disappointment about a writer (James Franco) wracked with personal problems who becomes involved in trying to aid a man (Christian Slater) on trial for murdering his wife, as his own life gradually falls apart around him. Scenes between Franco and Ed Harris as his estranged father are potent and effective but film is otherwise scattered, meandering, and not very involving. Not all that different from “True Story” which had similar title and also starred Franco and covered some of the same themes- and better