“Dead Air” (** out of four) was a rambling melodramatic thriller about a deceased father whose dedicated son (Kevin Hicks) discovers his dad’s buried radio and soon strikes up a relationship on-air with a female (Vickie Hicks) on a different radio frequency but he soon discovers that she is living in a different decade and there are twists and information that can soon affect the fate of them both. Interesting story is drably and awkwardly done although the two leads (who both co-wrote and co-directed) do their best. 2000’s “Frequency” told a similar story with much more mesmeric intensity and spark.