{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5f28b333f956d87bb1ad6cbf/6a6c1c7b8effb6fbbe26befa?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"105: The Gift with April Wolfe","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5f28b333f956d87bb1ad6cbf/1785469937797-0a0d4d18-005e-4d8a-b6d6-d1ce2980576a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Phil and Emily are joined by writer and critic April Wolfe for Sam Raimi's The Gift (2000). Cate Blanchett plays a widowed Georgia fortune teller who reads cards to keep her family afloat and gets pulled into a murder when a local woman (Katie Holmes) goes missing. Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, and Greg Kinnear round out a stacked Southern-gothic ensemble.</p><p><br></p><p>The three dig into Raimi working in a minor key between the Evil Dead films and Spider-Man, Blanchett anchoring a lurid pulp thriller with total conviction, the movie's very year-2000 ideas about class and the South, and the simple pleasure of a mid-budget, star-packed genre picture that basically nobody makes anymore. April brings a horror writer's eye to what works, what's silly, and what quietly holds up.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow the show &amp; guest:</p><p><br></p><p>Podcast Like It's... - https://www.instagram.com/podcastlikeits</p><p>Phil Iscove - https://www.instagram.com/pmiscove</p><p>Emily St. James - https://www.instagram.com/emilystjams</p><p>April Wolfe - https://www.instagram.com/awolfeful</p><p><br></p><p>💜 Patreon (bonus episodes &amp; video): http://patreon.com/Podcastlikeits\t</p>","author_name":"Rebel Talk Network"}