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Sabadino Parker has been writing for PopMatters since 2000.  A lifelong writer from Connecticut, Sabadino’s weekly syndicated DVD review column, “Getting Reel,” has appeared in local newspapers for almost a decade, and his fiction and poetry have been published in both print and online media.  Having recently earned his Masters in English from Trinity College, Sabadino is hoping to amass a collection of degrees to match that of his comic books. He is currently the editorial manager for The Scene Magazine and owns Sparker Media, a freelance writing, editing, and online marketing company.  He is currently at work on his second novel, which should see the light of day sometime in 2012.  Feel free to e-mail Seb at sebparker@yahoo.com.


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Wednesday, May 16 2001

So Long, and Thanks for All the Laughs

[Douglas Adams possessed] a mind that had an amazing ability to place a unique perspective on weighty matters while maintaining a tone of absolute lightheartedness. Adams was one person who could see the big picture and realize how terribly bland a sight it was.


Friday, July 28 2000

Understanding Reinvention


Sunday, January 1 1995

Understanding Reinvention


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Friday, September 23 2011

Fated for Scoffing: 'Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents Manos: The Hands of Fate'

Few of the B-rated movies the cast of MST3K lambasted come close to the dreadful incompetence of “Manos”: The Hands of Fate.


Friday, June 3 2011

Something a Little Bit Different: 'David Byrne: Ride, Rise, Roar'

David Byrne's theme of human optimism in the face of the dread inherent in an increasingly impersonal world continues -- a theme becoming more relevant with each passing decade.


Wednesday, May 18 2011

'The Roommate' Ain't 'Single White Female'

If one can say something close to complimentary about The Roommate, it's that Leighton Meester pulls off playing a slick psycho with a slightly tantalizing believability.


Tuesday, April 19 2011

Deadly Connections in 'My Time Will Come'

My Time Will Come is a cinematic achievement from a region of the world whose theatrical talent has been given little spotlight. Its value as a work of ingenuity will make it a prized possession of any film aficionado's library.


Tuesday, March 29 2011

'Inside Job' Is a Call to Arms

Treated almost like a crime story, Inside Job unveils a sordid world of the prosperous elite who take an almost unseemly pleasure in living lives of unscrupulous lavishness, with no regard to whom they harm.


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