From simple charms to complex & subversive rituals to summon demons diverse forms of magic were practiced in the Middle Ages With numerous fascinating illustrations from the British Library's rich medieval collection Magic in Medieval Manuscripts explores the place of magic in the medieval world It examines representations of the magician wise-woman & witch; magical objects; & ritual procedures revealing the medieval fascination with the points of contact between this world & the celestial & infernal realms ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Woody Allen writes & directs this romantic comedy starring Colin Firth & Emma Stone In the 1920s English magician & illusionist Stanley Crawford (Firth) who on stage masquerades as Chinese conjuror Wei Ling Soo travels to the French Riviera where he attempts to expose the secrets of spirit medium Sophie Baker (Stone) Sophie is suspected of exploiting the wealthy Catledge family & Stanley finds her staying in their home having been invited there by Grace Catledge (Jacki Weaver) who wants the clairvoyant&s help in contacting her deceased husband Though he is initially certain she is a fraud the more time Stanley spends with Sophie the more he begins to believe she might be genuine The cast also

Includes:: Marcia Gay Harden Eileen Atkins & Simon Mc Burney

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Woody Allen writes & directs this romantic comedy starring Colin Firth & Emma Stone In the 1920s English magician & illusionist Stanley Crawford (Firth) who on stage masquerades as Chinese conjuror Wei Ling Soo travels to the French Riviera where he attempts to expose the secrets of spirit medium Sophie Baker (Stone) Sophie is suspected of exploiting the wealthy Catledge family & Stanley finds her staying in their home having been invited there by Grace Catledge (Jacki Weaver) who wants the clairvoyant&s help in contacting her deceased husband Though he is initially certain she is a fraud the more time Stanley spends with Sophie the more he begins to believe she might be genuine The cast also

Includes:: Marcia Gay Harden Eileen Atkins & Simon Mc Burney

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Radio psychologist Jack Black (Mark Harmon) takes his children Joshua (Joshua Jackson) & Ashley (Sarah Wayne) on a "vacation" to a lake in British Columbia While he grinds away at work the children discover that the famous local lake monster " Orky" may not be just a gimmick to attract tourists after all In fact Orky may enable them to get closer to their workaholic dad & help keep local polluters from dumping toxic waste into Orky&s home Actors Mark Harmon Joshua Jackson Harley Jane Kozak Sarah Wayne Willie Nark-Orn Frank Salsedo Morris Panych Ben Cardinal Adrien Dorval Mark Acheson Anthony Towe John Procaccino Thomas Cavanagh Garrett Bennett & Brian Finney Director Rick Stevenson Certificate PGYear 1995 Languages English ...

The little magician apprentices have lost some magic objects inside of the Masters maze Collect them all before the master notices or you&8217;ll be in trouble!a maze is constructed under the game board & once in place It becomes invisible In this charming memory game you&8217;ll have to make your way through the maze by means of a good memory & lots of skill!can you find the treasures hidden in the labyrinth?A game of memory & skill Help the little magicians find their magic objects before the master notices Work your way through the maze to recover the treasures Playing time 30 mins Suitable for 2-4 players aged 6 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play MAGIC MAGIC tells the story of a shy young girl Alicia (Juno Temple) who embarks on the trip of a lifetime to a remote part of Chile with her cousin Sarah (Emily Browning) & Sarah s friends However the holiday does not go as planned as Sarah suddenly has to return to school leaving Alicia alone in an unfamiliar place with unfamiliar people Alicia desperately tries to settle into her new surroundings but finds it difficult; entering a world of disturbing landscapes where she begins to mentally unravel Her friends see her increasingly erratic behaviour as irrational but they remain blissfully unaware of how much darker things will become for them As their lack of sympathy & the language barrier
- pushes Alicia further into isolation & closer to the edge things begin to take a rapidly downwards spiral for the group; forcing them into a situation that proves both terrifying & life-threatening
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After being stripped of all their possessions a mage a warrior an elf & a dwarf are forced to go rob the local Magic Maze shopping mall for all the equipment necessary for their next adventure They agree to map out the labyrinth in its entirety first then find each individual’s favorite store & then locate the exit In order to evade the surveillance of the guards who eyed their arrival suspiciously all four will pull of their heists simultaneously then dash to the exit That&s the plan anyway…but can they pull it off? Magic Maze is a real-time cooperative game Each player can control any hero in order to make that hero perform a very specific action to which the other players do not have access Move north explore a new area ride an escalator… All this requires rigorous cooperation between the players in order to succeed at moving the heroes prudently However you are allowed to communicate only for short periods during the game; the rest of the time you must play without giving any visual or audio cues to each other If all of the heroes succeed in leaving the shopping mall in the limited time allotted for the game each having stolen a very specific item then everyone wins together At the start of the game you have only three minutes in which to take actions Hourglass spaces you encounter along the way give you more time If the sand timer ever completely runs out all players lose the game Your loitering has aroused suspicion & the mall security guards nab you!1-8 Players 3-15 Min Playing Time Age 8 ...

The king was accidentally turned into a frog! Gather your friends stride across the forest & find the correct ingredients to prepare a potion that will cure him Magic Maze Kids is a cooperative game that makes the original mechanisms of Magic Maze accessible to young players Everyone controls all of the heroes but only in one direction! Tutorials gradually teach you the rules & several levels make the game evolve with the children Players 2-4 Playing time 15-25 minutes Ages 5 ...

For some time now the Magic Maze has been regularly robbed by unscrupulous adventurers who incessantly steal from the same four shops How strange! Due to this alarming observation Management has installed new security systems to dissuade any further dishonest deeds The Maximum Security expansion not only brings the mall guards of Magic Maze to life but provides a number of other modules to allow you to customize your experience There are two different types of modules helpers & challenges which decrease or increase the difficulty You will be guided step by step through all of the modules & each of them comes with a tutorial that will help you practise the new rules before adding it to your "real" games of Magic Maze Helpers Ventilation shafts the dwarf can open ventilation shafts for all the heroes to move quickly from one end of it to the other Wall breaches the barbarian can breach the walls of the mall for all the heroes to move through it Spells the mage can cast 2 spells among 10 available with instant or temporary effects Telekinesis the elf can move Mall tiles around Anti-stress tokens you can use them at anytime to allow a discussion swap Action tiles or flip the sand timer Maps & Auto-explore spaces explore the mall much quicker! Control room use that special space to send the guards to Vortex spaces Challenges Guard a Hero & a Guard cannot stand or pass through a Mall tile where the other type of pawn is standing You move the guards just like heroes Reinforcement guards these extra guards are added when the theft is commited Guard room if a Hero an a Guard are (by mistake) on the same tile the hero gets caught & must be freed Beholder a Hero & the Beholder cannot stand or pass through a Mall tile where the other type of pawn is standing A hero must be standing on a Command space to move the Beholder Sensor a Hero cannot stand on a space covered by the sensor A hero must be standing on a Control space to rotate the sensor Locked escape a Hero must be standing on a Code space for the dwarf to be able to escape All of these modules bring in more options to make Magic Maze a more intense & puzzling experience Players 1-8 Playing time 24 Mins Ages 8 ...

The first settlers of mars are arriving soon but the colony is not ready yet! You are the robots that are trying to build the colony before the settlers arrive The goal in Magic Maze on Mars is to build domes where the settlers can live then to guide them to their domes when they arrive When time runs out they are out of oxygen ...