we come to this place for magic

A themed puzzle for a change! It's maybe a little stretchy, but what are blogs for. I always love this theme type for some reason and had a lot of fun coming up with this. I'll put an explanation below just in case. Enjoy!

puz | pdf | solution

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Both halves of the theme entries follow "American" in film titles.