Tag Archives: witchcraft

John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick 

Posted on 9th March 2016 by Diverse Voices

Craig Clarke wrote this review. Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie are three former wives living in the late sixties in a small Rhode Island town. They are also witches. For example, if Alexandra wants the beach to herself, a simple whipped-up … Continue reading →

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The Witches

Posted on 9th March 2016 by Mia

Michelle Erica Green wrote this review. There’s no denying the negative stereotyping in Nicolas Roeg’s The Witches, based on Roald Dahl’s novel of the same name. It’s a guilty pleasure, watching sophisticated women degraded by a little boy whom they’ve turned … Continue reading →

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Practical Magic

Posted on 8th March 2016 by Cat Eldridge

Based on the Alice Hoffman novel of the same name, Practical Magic stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as Sally and Gillian Owens, sisters who also happen to be witches. Sally is sweet, sensible, and longs for a normal life. Gillian is … Continue reading →

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Angela Bourke’s The Burning of Bridget Cleary

Posted on 8th March 2016 by Kim Bates

I never had a chance to prove them wrong, My time was short, the story long.– Oysterband’s “The Oxford Girl” So much has been written about the world of the fairies — the otherworld that we apprehend through bits of … Continue reading →

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Nina Shandler’s The Strange Case of Hellish Nell: The Story of Helen Duncan and the Witch Trial of World War II

Posted on 8th March 2016 by Diverse Voices

Liz Milner wrote this review. The Strange Case of Hellish Nell is a fascinating true-life tale of the supernatural. Even Nina Shandler’s hackneyed prose cannot diminish my enthusiasm for this story. In 1944, when the Blitz was at its height, a … Continue reading →

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Joan Huff and Marian Yeates’ The Cooper’s Wife is Missing

Posted on 8th March 2016 by Diverse Voices

John O’Regan wrote this review. The term ‘Witch Burning’, generally speaking, is one that recalls a method of torture used to rid the local area of a person with an evil spirit, or one who is guided by bad influences … Continue reading →

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