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    What 'Practical Magic' taught me about life, love and the importance of sisterhood

    This movie, starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, introduced me to the idea that love could be dangerous and you should learn to protect yourself. But that's not the only lesson I learned.
    by Marielle Segarra Oct 24, 2022 4 minutes
    Sandra Bullock in <em>Practical Magic</em>.

    Practical Magic came out in 1998, when I was 9 years old. And it was a fixture of my childhood and high school years.

    It feels like every fall, I would pop the movie into my VCR and get absorbed into a world of magic.

    The film is set in New England, and most of the action takes place in a gorgeous old house on a cliffside. Sunlight trickles through glass windowpanes into the house, where the occupants grow herbs for their spells and light candles by blowing on them.

    Those occupants are witches, of course: two sisters named Sally, played by Sandra Bullock, and Gillian, played by

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