John Carey – Dice Dice Baby – review
Dice dice baby is a great collection of magic with dice, featuring John Carey. I’ll be honest, I don’t do much magic with dice, but there is something inherently pleasing about these familiar objects,...
View ArticleConscious Magic Episode 5 – review
Conscious Magic Episode 5 is the latest in the highly successful Conscious Magic series of DVDs. Ran Pink and Andrew Gerard have carefully curated effects on these releases to provide strong magic and...
View ArticleChristopher W Barnes – Be More Funny – review
Be More Funny is the latest book from creative American magician Christopher W Barnes’ pen. As I read the book to review it I had a strange experience of deja vu. Around 18 months ago I found myself...
View ArticleGary Jones – Life’s a Beach – Volume 1 – review
Life’s a Beach is the first volume in a forthcoming collection gathering some of the brilliant ideas of Gary Jones in print. It’s a 135-page paper backed collection produced by the wonderful folk at...
View ArticleJohn Archer – Collard 2 – review
Collard 2 is a cracking mentalism set piece from the clever mind of John Archer. I didn’t actually see the original version – so I’m unable to make direct comparisons with that – but will instead...
View ArticleOther Brothers – Words Beyond – review
Words Beyond is a clever new (ish!) book test from the Other Brothers. Of the making of book tests there seems to be no end – so what’s different about this one? Read on in our review to find out. What...
View ArticleCameron Francis – Super Mega Card Miracles – review
Super Mega Card Miracles is the latest understated title from Cameron (!) featuring his best versions of some of his favourite effects. Let’s go straight into… …the tricks Dedoner I missed what the...
View ArticleGeorge Parker – Performing Magic with Impact – review
Performing Magic with Impact is a difficult book to categorise. It makes a bold claim in its title? Does it deliver on the promise? Let’s get in to our review. Speaking from experience A great starting...
View ArticleJohn Bannon – Fire When Ready – review
Fire When Ready completes the ‘Bullet Trilogy’ from the excellent John Bannon. But I approached it with some trepidation since I was a little disappointed with the most recent Bannon releases (Dealing...
View ArticleRichy Roy – Maxims of a Magician – review
Maxims of a Magician is the second book by Richy Roy that we have reviewed here. You can read our review of The Wealthy Magician here. The Wealthy Magician was a very applied book – looking at the...
View ArticleGary Jones – Life’s a Beach – Vol 2 – review
It doesn’t seem that long since we look at Life’s a Beach Vol 1 – but given how strong the material in that book was I was very excited to get my hands on Vol 2. So let’s get on with the review! After...
View ArticleSteven Palmer – Rogue – Review
Rogue has been sitting on my review pile for woefully long. As you may have noticed, there’s been a bit of a delay in reviewing recently due to other pressures. However, Steven Palmer’s new (ish!!) DVD...
View ArticleJohn Bannon – Buzzkill – review
John Bannon is the king of packet tricks and Buzzkill is a really fun little fooler with plenty of built in laughs. In essence you have four cards printed with cartoon flies, and four blank ‘fly...
View ArticleUltimate Self Working Card Tricks Vol IV – review
The Ultimate Self Working Card Tricks series is one of the jewels in the Big Blind Media crown. It’s some years (2014) since we looked at the last volume in this series – though there have been some...
View ArticleHarapan Ong – Principia – review
Principia is a book I’ve been excited about reading for over a year. Unfortunately life circumstances have prevented me from spending any time within its beautiful covers… until now. So here, probably...
View ArticleJohn Carey – Sweet Simplicity – review
Sweet Simplicity is the latest in a number of John Carey releases we’ve reviewed here at Bicycle-Cards.co.uk. There’s lots to like about this DVD from Big Blind Media full of straightforward close up...
View ArticleSteve Dela – Night Flight Deck – review
So Steve Dela’s Night Flight Deck landed through my letterbox this week. “Do we really need another marked deck?” I hear you cry? If you’d asked me before I might have been unsure, but these Night...
View ArticleSorry for the radio silence
We realise that is has been a long time since we’ve posted here. We’ve not gone away, but pressures of work, family-life, and more recently the Covid-19 outbreak have combined to significantly reduce...
View ArticleGeorge Parker – Performing Magic with Impact – review
Performing Magic with Impact is a difficult book to categorise. It makes a bold claim in its title? Does it deliver on the promise? Let’s get in to our review. Speaking from experience A great starting...
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