Posted on 03/06/2025 4:14:51 PM PST by Beowulf9
Based on Alice Hoffman's novel of the same name and directed by Griffin Dunne, Practical Magic made a minor impact commercially and critically when it hit theaters in October 1998, with EW's critic even uncharitably writing, "A witch comedy so slapdash, plodding, and muddled it seems to have had a hex put on it." And yet, the film is now heralded as a seasonal favorite decades later.
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"But this isn't the end of the Owens sisters' story. Warner Bros. has officially announced Practical Magic 2 is in the works, with Bullock and Kidman expected to return for more witchy fun. To celebrate this news, EW caught up with the cast of Practical Magic to see where they are now".
This is a pushed issue. Never heard of it. What seasonal classic? Oh, and a repeat is in the works. Oh, my. Hollywood learns nothing.
Have you never seen this movie? It’s really a good movie.
the season would be Halloween/October time.
Personally, I wish we could go back to Halloween right now. I’m in Phoenix and we will be in summer temps before you know it.
Halloween time is even hot but we pretend it is not.
I tried to pick a Halloween movie for my teen daughters one year that wasn’t “Hocus Pocus.” So I borrowed Practical Magic from the library. I don’t like the idea of romanticizing witchcraft, but, whatever.
Indeed, that can be a very dangerous thing, particularly to those of an impressionable age. Often times, media not only lionizes the witch, but will also portray their antagonists (i.e. "Christians") as zealous, obsessively puritanical moral tyrants.
One thing I liked about the original X-Files series is that it was not afraid to paint good and evil in terms of black and white. Although there could be some twists and turns in the plot during the course of an episode or story line, by the end it was pretty clear who was the good guy and who was the bad guy. There were two episodes in particular that come to my mind, titled Die Hand Die Verletzt and Signs and Wonders that deal with these themes in a pretty straightforward manner.
Often times, media not only lionizes the witch, but will also portray their antagonists (i.e. “Christians”) as zealous, obsessively puritanical moral tyrants.
See “Wicked”.
I’ll admit, my wife and I liked the original, but I am a sucker for witch movies.
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