Magic in Cinema: Jay and Silent Bob
It seems a bit out of place here to write about these two characters in Kevin Smiths movies, but wait: Theses two are really magic figures, and i think, Smith invented them that way (The resemblance of Smiths Alter Ego Silent Bob and his comicbook character Kevin Matchstick in the "Mage" series tells me that). In every movie these two guys come along helping the main character out of a situation that nobody could have done with just the "normal" human possibilities. They seem to have a special foresight, they seem to have ways to escape police or foes you will only find in fantasynovels or comicbooks.
Silent Bob, trying hard to learn the "Jedi"-trick of pulling things with the mind, finally succeeds in the last movie (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back), so that the magic itself becomes more accurate with every installment: In "Mallrats" he is practicing this the whole time and at the end it works, but only by synchronicity: someone kicks a pole just in the right moment, so that the videocassette Bob does not reach is pushed right in his hand as he tries to reach it with the Jedi-Mindtrick. In the latest movie he does it right! Smiths movies are worth watching not only for Jay and Bob, but it's as well a very good reason if you do.
The right choice in the right order is:
Clerks(how it all began)
Mallrats(settles the score)
Chasing Amy (for magical purposes neglectable)
Dogma (for magical purposes a must have)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (the great finale)