Vogue Critic Shares 57 Thoughts on 'Practical Magic 2' Screening in Los Angeles

A Vogue writer attended a screening of Practical Magic 2 at the Grove AMC in Los Angeles on a 100-degree day, recounting the experience in a first-person piece structured as 57 numbered thoughts. The film reunites Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, with Stockard Channing also appearing; the writer notes Channing's age and praises the looks of all three actresses. Joey King plays a character whose boyfriend, described as wearing a single earring and baking lemon squares, is hit by a car and left in a coma. Plot elements include a beetle that both King's character and her doctor sister hear, a voodoo doll, a search for someone named Kylie in London, and the arrival of Lee Pace. The writer references a Ninja Slushi margarita machine product placement, a 'Landslide' needle drop that prompted tears, a Friends joke that drew a mild laugh, and a 'car boot' reference that reminded her of a missed Sunday car boot sale in Edinburgh. She also notes a 'You are my person' line and jokes about Grey's Anatomy royalties. The piece is framed as a humorous, spoiler-filled diary and concludes that readers who finish it do not need to see the movie.