Straight Talk Magic reviews

Tom Wright’s At The Table appearance is hosted by superstar Gregory Wilson. Tom Wright gives a great lecture that is meaningful, instructive and a quick 3 hour watch. During the first hour and a half, Wright performs and discussed various effects using IT. First Wright demonstrates and teaches Chill, a haunted deck effect in which… Continue Reading At The Table Lecture With Tom Wright by Murphy’s Magic Supplies

For students of magic, this is an excellent addition to your DVD library. This Vanishing Inc. project is entitled “Roberto Giobbi’s Dai Vernon Seminar.” And, that is exactly what this double DVD set is; a lecture, taught by Giobbi, on Vernon. Giobbi in his own right is a masterful magician know for his Card College… Continue Reading The Vernon Seminar by Roberto Giobbi and Vanishing Inc.

Fisher’s Dream is a great effect that you can perform anywhere with this well-made and convincing gimmick. The spectator takes has a free choice and picks any card card. She signs the card. The performer allows a rope to be inspected and pulls out an empty paper bag, which can also be inspected. The cards… Continue Reading Fisher’s Dream by Inaki Zabaletta and Vernet Magic

This is a great classic. It is easy and fun to perform and spectators get a huge kick out of this trick. With Thumb Fun, the performer allows the spectator to pick a card and does not reveal it to the performer. The performer then shows a stack of 5 small blank pieces of white… Continue Reading Thumb Fun by Sid Lorraine and Devin Knight

Screen Test is an excellent mentalist routine using a stack (17 to be exact) of assorted movie poster images printed on postcards. In Screen Test, the performer hands out the postcards, each with pictures of movies ranging from a James Bond flick and Singin’ In The Rain to Jaws and E.T. They can be mixed… Continue Reading Screen Test by Steve Dimmer and Alakazam Magic

This is a great deck designed by collectableplayingcards.com and manufactured by The United States Playing Card Company (aka the Bicycle company). The cards have the feel of your standard bikes, but the look is out of this world. The tuck box has a fantastic fireworks design with the fireworks Ace of Spades design on the… Continue Reading Fireworks Playing Cards by The Collectible Playing Cards Company

Ring Through Laces is exactly what it sounds like. From the spectator’s point of view, you put any borrowed ring on top of the knot of your shoelaces and after a quick shake of your foot, the ring penetrates through the laces and ends up inside one of the shoelace loops. This trick comes with… Continue Reading Ring Through Laces by Tran Dang Ninh

What can I say?! Alakazam and Eldson deliver a wonderful piece of magic. Elsdon is a master creator and this trick proves it. If I could only use a string of adjective to describe this trick, it would be: brilliant, fooling, intelligent, baffling and worth-every-penny! With this trick you get a DVD, a prediction photo,… Continue Reading Rubik Predicted by Mark Elsdon and Alakazam Magic

Something Out of the Ordinary is a SansMind DVD containing 7 magical effects by prolific creator Nicholas Lawrence. The DVD has the highest level of production as is typical with SansMind DVDs. The trailer is excellent, shows the effects taught and is set to a cool musical track. Each trick is first demonstrated by Lawrence… Continue Reading Something Out Of The Ordinary by Nicholas Lawrence and SansMinds Productions

Prism is a stacked deck that you can learn in only a few moments. It is very easy to use. Prism comes on a DVD which has good production and instruction. On the DVD, Goodman shows a live performance with two spectators and explains his routine. In Prism, you are able to name any card… Continue Reading Prism by Wayne Goodman and Dave Forrest