Straight Talk Magic reviews

The Butterfly Effect is a Peter Nardi creation released through his company Alakazam Magic. It has an old world feel and is an excellent routine with a very clever, but simple method. This trick is highly recommended. It is simple to learn and you can be performing immediately after watching the instructional video. It is… Continue Reading The Butterfly Effect by Peter Nardi and Alakazam Magic

COIN by Vortex Magic and Eric Chien is an excellent DVD for intermediate to advanced coin handlers who want to learn Chien’s version of a retention vanish. The production quality of the 42 minute DVD is excellent with great camera work, appropriate angles and close-ups and in depth explanation. Remember that old joke… One man… Continue Reading Vortex Magic Presents COIN by Eric Chien

The Foundation is a SansMinds project that is geared towards beginners in sequentially teaching fundamental card handling moves and techniques. This DVD teaches you how to crawl, take baby steps, walk and then run — with a deck of cards. The aim of the DVD is to teach you how to be ready to perform… Continue Reading The Foundation by SansMinds Productions

Inflexion is a Dave Loosley and Alakazam Magic card transposition trick that has the potential to bring a card transposition routine to a new level using a super cool gimmick. With Inflexion you get a 46 minute DVD taught by Loosley and Peter Nardi, two Inflexion gimmicks and a gimmick holder. The instruction is well… Continue Reading Inflexion by Dave Loosley and Alakazam Magic

A review of a magic DVD can be short. It can be long. The short review of John Bannon and Big Blind Media’s DVD, MOVE ZERO (Volume 1) is as follows… Excellent! Highest marks!! Get it!!! Move Zero exceeded already high expectations. First let me start of by stating that the production value of this… Continue Reading Move Zero Volume 1 by John Bannon and Big Blind Media

Thought Wave Extreme by Gary Jones and Mark Bendell is marketed and distributed by Alkazam Magic. The trick is described as a psychological experiment. The performer displays a double-sided poker sized plastic card labelled “Psychological Testing Card Symbols 1 through 26” on one side and “Psychological Testing Card Symbols 27 through 52” on the other.… Continue Reading Thought Wave Extreme by Gary Jones and Alakazam Magic

Flashy is Sans Minds Magic’s mobile phone vanish system. I tried using an iPhone 6 Plus and also an iPhone 6 and found that it was not the strongest method, at least for phones of that size. With Flashy, the performer stands in front of the spectators and holds his phone in between his two… Continue Reading Flashy by SansMinds Productions

Symbol is an ESP prediction test with 6 symbol cards and a prediction inside an envelope that is in plain sight the entire time. Notwithstanding the fact that it is a quick and easy trick, it is a very strong prediction effect with an interesting method. Symbol is created by Steve Cook and marketed and… Continue Reading Symbol by Steve Cook and Alakazam Magic

Stone Cold Magic is an excellent project by the one and only Jeff Stone from this very website and also Magic Reviewed (www.magicreviewed.com). The DVD is a series of tricks performed and explained by Stone in a simple table setting. It is almost like a private lesson in which you are taught 17 tricks and… Continue Reading Stone Cold Magic by Jeff Stone and Stone Cold Magic

The One 2.0 by Anthony Stan and Magic Smile Productions is a 44 minute DVD that teaches a gimmicked and un-gimmicked method to have a selected and signed card appear in an impossible location, in a mercury fold. The signature version of this trick has a mercury folded card in sight and under a clear… Continue Reading The One 2.0 by Anthony Stan and Magic Smile Productions