In the hierarchy of fictional homes, few have cast a spell quite like the Owens family home from the 1998 film Practical Magic. The film, which stars Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, was released 27 ...

Story time: It’s a school night in late October, and I’m eight years old in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey—a woodsy, East Coast pocket where houses feel as warm and welcoming as the families inside them.

“Practical Magic,” the 1998 movie starring Oscar winners Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as the Owens sisters, Massachusetts witches who come from a family of witches, didn’t receive the best reviews ...