#661 - Tonic director Derek Presley and producer Jason Starne

About this episode

Derek Presley and Jason Starne discuss their new film Tonic, a crime thriller featuring a jazz pianist.

Tonic available here: https://amzn.to/4rGkIpu Director Derek Presley and producer Jason Starne joins Matthew Pejkovic from Matt's Movie Reviews to talk about their new film Tonic, a crime thriller that stars Billy Blair as a gifted yet down on his luck jazz pianist who must commit murder in exchane for his drug debt to a crooked cop. Matt's Movie Reviews Podcast listed in FeedSpot's Top 100 Movie Podcasts Support Matt’s Movie Reviews PayPalTeePublicAmazon Follow Matt’s Movie Reviews Website YoutubeFacebookXInstagram Rumble

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Pejkovic

Guests: Derek Presley, Jason Starne

Topics covered

• film
• crime thriller
• interview
• movie production
• jazz music

Keywords

• Tonic
• Derek Presley
• Jason Starne
• crime thriller
• Billy Blair
• jazz pianist
• movie interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Matt's Movie Reviews

Books & works: Tonic

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