My Favorite Guilty Pleasure of 2009 Returns: Dating In The Dark

Could I BE more embarrassed? I watched all of last season's 6 episodes of the ABC-TV reality series "Dating In The Dark," and was surprised a network would only order 6 episodes of a show...and bummed that there weren't more... I'm not a reality TV freak... but this... is safe voyeurism in its purest form... not even the people we're watching can see each other...



The Concept? 3 guys, and 3 girls spend a weekend in a special house, separated into two groups, and occasionally, each guy and girl get to go into a pitch black room, to get to know each other... At the end, they get to finally see each other, and then decide whether to date again in the real world in the future...  You see more REALITY in this show, than most others.... Guys, like the moron presented in the teaser trailer try to hit on the women, and the women are free to react facially to the nonsense...since no one can see their expressions, but the viewer.... a vital social cue that we don't normally get to see.... I've never watched Big Brother, because it seems like there are just 16 actor wanna-be's who are looking for FAR more than their 15 minutes of fame... Dating ITD seems more genuine.... (ABC TV Monday, Aug. 9  8 p.m.)

FIDO is the obvious next movie to see after Zombieland....

Cover of Fido

Should a movie about an 11 year-old boy, who befriends a zombie get an R Rating? This was the question that nagged me as I sat down to watch "Fido." a Canadian movie releasedin 2007 starring Carrie Anne Moss (The Matrix) and Tim Blake Nelson... While the DVD cover says it is gut laughing funny, I was more intrigued, waiting for the "R" rated violence to happen...

For the first time, I think a movie's rating influenced how I viewed the film... I kept expecting something that would force me to pass by it on the next family movie night... Nope.... Nothing... Alright, so a kid beheads an old woman... who here hasn't seen a few of those things happen from time to time? And yes, who hasn't seen a mom kill and burn a couple of ill-mannered kids....? But seriously, I am not afraid to recommend this to kids aged 12 and up. It makes no real attempt to scare you....just entertain....

The movie is awesome.... Basically very funny, and exudes 1950's charm, a la Pleasantville.... But shame on the MPAA for rating it 'R'... This is a PG-13 movie all the way!! Unlike any other zombie movie you are likely to see this week...
One reviewer noted: "It is probable you will appreciate the humour of this film unless your father tried to eat you."