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Archive for November, 2006

KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park on DVD (KNAC.COM)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Reviewed for KNAC.COM by Draconis Blackthorne. KISS Meets The Phantom of The Park (XII A.S. Directed by Gordon Hessler. Written by Jan Michael Sherman and Don Buday.Read full story

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Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam ( Review ) (EuroGamer)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Replacing the usual roaming nature of the Hawk games are a series of downhill races on improbably high hills. Reminiscent of Snowboard Kids (but don’t get too excited), these downhill charges feature most of the usual Hawk tricks and flips, but this time with a race incentive thrown in.

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Magic Most Sinister.

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

As Michael Caine’s ingenieur Cutter notes at one point, successful magic is all about confusion and misdirection — if you know how it’s done, even a complex and fantastic magic trick can seem blatantly obvious from the get-go. …

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Blue Toon magician Stuart just pipped for TV award (Buchan Observer)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

THE NORTH-east’s top magician Stuart Macleod was recently nominated for a Scottish BAFTA for his hugely popular television show “Tricks from the Bible”.

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The magic of the movies (The Christian Science Monitor)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Things on screen aren’t always what they seem - especially if a special-effects crew is around.

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YESTERDAY AND TODAY (The Canton Repository)

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Magical ballet Canton Ballet’s performances of ‘The Nutcracker’ on Dec. 8, 9 and 10 will feature brand-new magic tricks created especially for Canton Ballet by professional magician Paul Gertner. Fir…

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Abracadabra! A Classic Magic Trick Fools Expectations, Not Eyes

Saturday, November 25th, 2006

… a stage magician can create the illusion she has tossed a ball into the air when actually she has palmed it. Researchers report that the illusion, which they found could be rather … “It’s one of these standard tricks in magic. …

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