Practical Magic

Practical Magic

Village Roadshow Pictures etc.

October 16, 1998

Fantasy, Dramedy, Romance

DVD
C+

I kept rooting for this to be better than it is, because there are definitely elements I like: witchcraft, the setting of a small New England coastal town, the (mostly) all-female family, and the cast.  But it just didn't have, well, the magic it needed, in either the adaptation of Alice Hoffman's novel or in the direction by Griffin Dunne.

Amor a Primera Visa AKA Pulling Strings

Amor a Primera Visa AKA Pulling Strings
Studio Unknown
8 November 2013
Romantic Comedy
DVD
C

Well, this is definitely a case of "it's not you, it's me," or rather, "no eres tu, soy yo."  I don't understand enough Spanish to follow this bilingual movie when the DVD doesn't have English subtitles.  I liked what I understood, including the surprising cameos of Arnold and Channing.  Incidentally, the Spanish title fits in an ironic way, although I can see why "Love at First Sight" wasn't chosen for the American title.  Pitipol Ybarra directed.