magic
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Spell Is a Gorgeous B Horror Movie With Messy Ideas About Class and Power
Paramount Pictures’ Spell — from director Mark Tonderai — is a film that sets out to exist in a number of emotional spaces while terrifying you with a story about how simultaneously horrific and freeing homecomings can be. While the film doesn’t quite accomplish all of its goals, it does manage — perhaps accidentally — to…
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This Book About a High School Coven Understands Just How Ridiculous Teens Can Be
The opening chapter of Hannah Abigail Clarke’s The Scapegracers is a little rough. It starts with a group of girls gathering in the middle of a party to do some magic and freak everyone out. Then the narrator breaks off to do more magic with a girl she’s only just met, and the feeling that…
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Are Witches and Wizards Real?
Are witches and wizards real? They are, but not in the way most people think. The witches and wizards you read about in fairy tales and fantasy can usually do amazing things. They can fly, cast spells and brew potions. Some can even see the future. These witches and wizards aren’t real, but they are…
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We’re All About to Get Lost in a Labyrinth Sequel
Apparently, the glass orbs are on their way back. Perhaps.