Posts Tagged ‘motherhood’

Torch Singer (1933)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Musical
Countries: USA
Actors: Colbert, Claudette | Cortez, Ricardo | Manners, David | Roberti, Lyda | Baby LeRoy | Grapewin, Charley | Godfrey, Sam | Roberts, Florence | Hammond, Virginia | Washington, Mildred | Collins, Cora Sue | Eddy, Helen Jerome | Conti, Albert | Griffies, Ethel | Burke, James
Directors: Hall, Alexander
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Sally Trent has an illegitimate child, but cannot support her and gives the baby up for adoption. The father, Michael Gardner, leaves for China not knowing about the baby, and she assumes he has abandoned her for life. She gets a job as a torch singer, changes her name to Mimi Benton, and becomes notorious for her drinking and philadering. Mimi fills in on a children’s radio program as the character “Aunt Jenny,” singing and telling bedtime stories, and eventually uses the airtime to find her long lost daughter, part with her wild lifestyle, and reunite with Michael.

Baby Mama (2008)

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Genres: Comedy
Countries: USA
Actors: Poehler, Amy | Tina Fey | Kinnear, Greg | Shepard, Dax | Malco, Romany | Weaver, Sigourney | Martin, Steve | Tierney, Maura | Mailer, Stephen | Taylor, Holland | Rebhorn, James | O'Hare, Denis | Collins, Kevin | Forte, Will | Armisen, Fred
Directors: McCullers, Michael
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Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she’s finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough … After learning from the steely head of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive’s well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby’s arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they’ll discover two kinds of family: the one you’re born to and the one you make.

Marie Antoinette (2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Dunst, Kirsten | Schwartzman, Jason | Davis, Judy | Torn, Rip | Byrne, Rose | Argento, Asia | Shannon, Molly | Henderson, Shirley | Huston, Danny | Faithfull, Marianne | Nighy, Mary | Armesto, Sebastian | Dornan, Jamie | Clément, Aurore | Gallienne, Guillaume
Directors: Coppola, Sofia
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Based on Antonia Fraser’s book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, ‘Marie Antoinette’ tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.

(2006)

Friday, November 9th, 2007
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Dunst, Kirsten | Schwartzman, Jason | Davis, Judy | Torn, Rip | Byrne, Rose | Argento, Asia | Shannon, Molly | Henderson, Shirley | Huston, Danny | Faithfull, Marianne | Nighy, Mary | Armesto, Sebastian | Dornan, Jamie | Clément, Aurore | Gallienne, Guillaume
Directors: Coppola, Sofia
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Based on Antonia Fraser’s book about the ill-fated Archduchess of Austria and later Queen of France, ‘Marie Antoinette’ tells the story of the most misunderstood and abused woman in history, from her birth in Imperial Austria to her later life in France.

Look Who’s Talking (1989)

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Travolta, John | Alley, Kirstie | Dukakis, Olympia | Segal, George | Vigoda, Abe | Willis, Bruce | Caplan, Twink | Schaller, Jason | Waterhouse, Jaryd | Haines, Jacob | Aydon, Christopher | Boushel, Joy | Davis, Don S. | Heckerling, Louis | Crichlow, Brenda
Directors: Heckerling, Amy
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Mollie is a single mum who’s on the lookout for a reliable and normal boyfriend. Her son Mikey, (unbeknownst to her) seems to have a better idea of which of the men she dates would make a good father figure! If only she could understand him…

Silent Hill (2006)

Saturday, May 5th, 2007
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: France | Japan | USA
Actors: Mitchell, Radha | Bean, Sean | Holden, Laurie | Unger, Deborah Kara | Coates, Kim | Allen, Tanya | Krige, Alice | Ferland, Jodelle | Williams, Colleen | Gabriel, Ron | Crawford, Eve | Ritschel, Derek | Hiebert, Amanda | Dumont, Maxine | Britton, Christopher
Directors: Gans, Christophe
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After the continuous sleep walking episodes of Sharon, the young daughter of Rose Da Silva, the decision is made to take Sharon to the place only mentioned in her restless dreams- Silent Hill. However, the road to Silent Hill is anything but easy to access, and Rose creates a high speed chase between herself and a police officer only to end in a crash for them both. When she wakes up, Sharon has disappeared and Rose is at the entrance to the deserted, dream-like town of Silent Hill. As Rose begins the search for her daughter, she does not realize the terror and mystery surrounding her. Rose is led on a blind search for her beloved daughter, finding herself getting more and more entwined into disturbing past of Silent Hill.