Awesome Magic

Street magician Cyril Takayama messes with the heads of bystanders as he orders up some burgers in the most unorthodox of ways. Who wants to order that one with the bite taken out of it already?

A neat mirror that reflects whatever is in front of it as it really is, as opposed to showing a mirror image. It’s actually made of two normal mirrors placed at right angles. Cheaper version here.

Bystanders watch vehicles drive through the foamy floodwaters in Queensland, Australia when a car seemingly materializes out of nowhere. We’d like to see David Copperfield do that. (Thanks Dion!)

Taiwanese rap artist and honorary magician Loya manages to pull a cat out of thin air to help promote animal adoption. It’s a good cause, and the Internet needs more cats.

Like the great Bob Arno, Apollo Robbins makes a living as a theatrical pickpocket, stealing items from audiences for show. In this video he shows The New Yorker some of his tricks.

Steve Carrell, Olivia Wilde, Steve Buscemi, Jim Carrey and Alan Arkin star in this madcap comedy about a Vegas magic act who tries to amp up their aging stage act. We’ll see it just for the hairdos.

An incredible bit of trickery pulled off by magician Yann Frisch at the 2012 Beijing International Magic Convention. Our heads nearly exploded when that fourth ball just appeared out of nowhere.

We’ve seen lots of fun magic, but we like the looks of this: The Four Horsemen pull off a series of heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances in Louis Leterrier’s Now You See Me.

Taiwan’s Yif Magic continues to astound us with his unique brand of close-up magic, which shows off his penchant for food (and overly dramatic music) yet again. Turn on captions for English subtitles.

An impressive display of cardistry from Singapore card-manipulating trio The Virts, as they twirl Virtuoso’s elegant playing cards with style, grace and a little magic. (Thanks Huron!)

Taiwan’s Yif Magic messes with our heads once again, with a variety of close-up illusions (and an unforgettable breakfast) that we can’t for the life of us figure out. Turn captions on for English subtitles.

Jason Latimer has dazzled us with lasers, but he can also do the same with low tech props. Here he does the old cups and balls trick using clear cups and what seem to be teleporting balls.

Halloween may already be over, but a creepy illusion is never out of season. Magician Rich Ferguson shows off his impressive skills by taking his head off. Those kids are now afraid of sneezing.

Magician Rick Lax created this illusion you can learn that lets you take any three coins and make the visually and audibly pass through a clear glass, and even let the audience examine it. (Thanks Len!)

While there’s something cheesy about Taiwanese magician Yif’s production values, the part where he pulls an entire ice cream sundae out of the menu’s flat pages still had us scratching our heads.

Magician Mahdi Gilbert has deformed arms and hands. But as Magic-Con said, Gilbert “palms without palms, shuffles without fingers and is living proof that nothing is impossible.”