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Fashion designer Anita and computer-game writer Roger meet, fall in love and marry along with their dalmatians Perdita and Pongo. But the proud dogs' puppies are kidnapped by Anita's boss Cruella De Vil, who is stealing young dalmatians to make the coat she has set her heart on. Enlisting the help o β¦f the British animal kingdom, Pongo and Perdita set out to find and rescue all ninety-nine pups from their fearsome captors, Jasper and Horace. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disneyslapstick comedy |
Themes: | falling in lovefashionweddingpregnancymarriagesurrealism |
Locations: | farmlondon england |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant wifedog actorpregnantemployer employee relationship |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | video game designerpregnant animalvillainess played by lead actressgiving birthrich womanevil womanlive action remakeanimal urinationelectrical shockbased on adaptationanimal trackanimal matinglittercruel bossdognapping β¦woodpeckeracornlocked in a closetfalling through icedalmatiandog moviecigarette holderskunkbig ben londonexpectant fathercoatexpectant motherbulldograccoonensemblecyclingcar set on firedesignerfalling into watercar troublepetcrownannypuppyinsultmutebirthblockbustervillainessfaintingfirst partpigchildbirthrabbitparkwomanarrestrescueremakehorsechasetitle spoken by characternumber in titlebased on noveldog (See All) |
Pongo and Perdita have a litter of 15 puppies. Cruella De Vil takes a fancy to the pups, and wants to get hold of them, as well as more pups, to make herself a lovely dalmatian skin coat... Cruella hires some thugs to kidnap the pups and hold them at her mansion. Will Pongo and Perdita find them in β¦time ? (Read More)
Subgenre: | disney |
Themes: | falling in lovefashionweddingpregnancymarriagesurrealism |
Locations: | farmlondon england |
Characters: | pregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | pregnant animalgiving birthrich womanevil womananimal trackanimal matinglitterdognappingdalmatiandog moviecigarette holderbig ben londonexpectant fathercoatexpectant mother β¦ensembledesignercar troublepetnannypuppybirthblockbustervillainesschildbirthparkwomanrescuehorsechasenumber in titlebased on noveldog (See All) |
After a spot of therapy Cruella De Vil is released from prison a changed woman. Devoted to dogs and good causes, she is delighted that Chloe, her parole officer, has a dalmatian family and connections with a dog charity. But the sound of Big Ben can reverse the treatment so it is only a matter of ti β¦me before Ms De Vil is back to her incredibly ghastly ways, using her new-found connections with Chloe and friends. (Read More)
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | dog actor |
Story: | villainess played by lead actressevil womandognappingdalmatiandog moviecigarette holderbig ben londonpuppyvillainessrabbitwomanarrestrescuechasenumber in title β¦based on noveldog (See All) |
Lady, a golden cocker spaniel, meets up with a mongrel dog who calls himself the Tramp. He is obviously from the wrong side of town, but happenings at Lady's home make her decide to travel with him for a while. This turns out to be a bad move, as no dog is above the law.
Subgenre: | disney |
Themes: | pregnancysurrealism |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | giving birthdog movieexpectant fatherexpectant motherbulldogbirthblockbusterchildbirthrescuetitle spoken by characterdog |
After the events of "Ice Age: The Meltdown", life begins to change for Manny and his friends: Scrat is still on the hunt to hold onto his beloved acorn, while finding a possible romance in a female sabre-toothed squirrel named Scratte. Manny and Ellie, having since become an item, are expecting a ba β¦by, which leaves Manny anxious to ensure that everything is perfect for when his baby arrives. Diego is fed up with being treated like a house-cat and ponders the notion that he is becoming too laid-back. Sid begins to wish for a family of his own, and so steals some dinosaur eggs which leads to Sid ending up in a strange underground world where his herd must rescue him, while dodging dinosaurs and facing danger left and right, and meeting up with a one-eyed weasel known as Buck who hunts dinosaurs intently. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancysurrealism |
Story: | pregnant animalgiving birthacornexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirthrescue |
An adaptation of J. M. Barrie's story about a boy who never grew up. The three children of the Darling family receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Land, where an ongoing war between Peter's gang of rag-tag runaways and the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
Subgenre: | disney |
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | london england |
Story: | skunkbig ben londonraccoonnannyblockbusterfirst partrabbitrescuetitle spoken by characterbased on noveldog |
The Newton family live in their comfortable home, but there seems to something missing. This "hole" is filled by a small puppy, who walks into their home and their lives. Beethoven, as he is named, grows into a giant of a dog... a St Bernard. Doctor Varnick, the local vet has a secret and horrible s β¦ideline, which requires lots of dogs for experiments. Beethoven is on the bad doctor's list. (Read More)
Characters: | dog actor |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | animal urinationdognappingdog moviepetpuppyfirst partrescuetitle spoken by characterdog |
Five couples' intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don't stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-cra β¦zy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy's husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who's expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn't so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a "dudes" support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco's surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date? (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirth |
A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Ear β¦th's dominant species. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | pregnant animalgiving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthblockbusterchildbirthrescuehorse |
After Babe's great victory in the shepherding contest, Farmer Arthur Hoggett turns down all offers to make money with his pig's talents. But when he gets hurt severely in the well, his wife has to take up farming. She does her best but cannot meet the bank's requirements, which results in the necess β¦ity of getting back to Babe. Soon, Esme Hoggett is sitting in a plane headed for "the" city. There, Babe unwillingly causes deep trouble. He has to stay with Mrs. Hoggett in the only hotel in town that accepts pets. Friendly neighbours send officials who catch all animals from the hotel: Cats, dogs, chimpanzees and many others. Babe, who managed to stay free, decides to help his new friends and gets unexpected help - not only by Ferdinand, who flew all the way to the city. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Locations: | farm |
Characters: | dog actor |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | pregnant animalgiving birthfalling into waterbirthpigrescuechasedog |
Sparks fly and cultures collide in this romantic comedy about a casual night of passion that turns into the love of a lifetime. Alex Whitman is a New Yorker sent to Las Vegas to oversee a construction project. There he meets Isabel Fuentes, and some serious chemistry brings them together for one nig β¦ht. But Alex doesn't see Isabel again until three months later, when he learns she is pregnant. On a whim and prayer, he proposes. However, there's more to marriage than a Vegas chapel and an Elvis impersonator, as Alex and Isabel soon learn. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingpregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wifepregnant |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherchildbirthdog |
Three pets (Chance, a young dog unfamiliar with the world; Shadow, an aging, wise dog; and Sassy, a snobby cat) are left behind when their family goes on vacation. Unsure of what happened, the animals set out on a quest to find their family. This journey across America is very dangerous and the anim β¦als risk never seeing their masters again. The group of pets travel across forested mountains and areas of wide-open countryside, while their family searches for them in the same areas. (Read More)
Locations: | farm |
Characters: | dog actor |
Story: | dog movieskunkfalling into waterfirst partrabbitrescueremakebased on noveldog |
In this sequel to "Father of the Bride", George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife, and now, to mother means when placed into perspective against his own stage of life. As the comfortable family unit starts to unravel in his mind, a rapid progression β¦ into mid-life crisis is in his future. His journey to regain his youth acts as a catalyst for a kind of "rebirth" of his attitude on life when he and his wife, Nina, find how their lives are about to change as well. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirthremake |
Samuels life is perfect. That is, until he finds out his girlfriend is pregnant. Now he must face the issues that come with being an expecting father, in a most entertaining way.
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirthremakenumber in title |
In Atlanta on business, straight-laced and overly analytical architect Peter Highman is flying home to Los Angeles and his wife Sarah for the imminent birth of their first child. However, traveling by plane no longer becomes an option when he and a fellow passenger, aspiring actor Ethan Tremblay, ar β¦e kicked off the plane, which was caused by Ethan's social inappropriateness, due to being generally unaware, exacerbated by Peter's temper at a situation against his sensibilities. Peter, who ends up without money or his suitcase, is forced to accept Ethan's offer of a shared car ride to Los Angeles, Ethan who is looking for his big acting break. For Peter, this partnership is one made in hell, but he feels he has no other choice. Peter obviously wants to take as direct and as quick a route as possible, while he is at Ethan's mercy as the person with the driver's license, car rental and money. They get into one misadventure after another on this trip, with the same issue at each misadventure being Ethan's ineptness as an adult combined with Peter's resulting temper. The questions become whether they will survive the trip together, and if so if Peter will make it home in time to witness the birth of his and Sarah's first child. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant mothercar troublebirthchildbirtharrestrescuetitle spoken by characterdog |
Gentle farmer Arthur Hoggett wins a piglet named Babe at a county fair. Narrowly escaping his fate as Christmas dinner when Farmer Hoggett decides to show him at the next fair, Babe bonds with motherly border collie Fly and discovers that he too can herd sheep. But will the other farm animals, inclu β¦ding Fly's jealous husband Rex, accept a pig who doesn't conform to the farm's social hierarchy? (Read More)
Locations: | farm |
Characters: | dog actor |
Story: | puppyblockbusterfirst partpighorsebased on noveldog |
When an adorable baby boy is added to the Addams household, Wednesday and Pugsley do not hate the baby, they just aren't necessarily excited about his existence. Ok, yeah they do hate the baby. So Wednesday and Pugsley must get rid of the new addition one way or another. Meanwhile a new nanny is add β¦ed to the household who overtakes Fester. The Addams must stop the nanny, but how? (Read More)
Themes: | weddingpregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | expectant fatherexpectant mothernannybirthchildbirth |
The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the "black sheep" of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Story: | expectant fatherexpectant motherbirthblockbusterchildbirthhorse |
Sadik is one of the rebellious youth who has been politically active as a university student and became a left-wing journalist in the 70's, despite his father's expectations of him becoming an agricultural engineer and taking control of their family farm in an Aegean village. On the dawn of Septembe β¦r 12, 1980, when a merciless military coup hits the country, they cannot find access to any hospital or a doctor and his wife dies while giving birth to their only child, Deniz. After a long-lasting period of torture, trials, and jail time, Sadik returns to his village with 7-8 years old Deniz, knowing that it will be hard to correct things with his father, Huseyin. (Read More)
Locations: | farm |
Story: | giving birthbirthchildbirthhorse |
When a bottle containing a plea for help from a little girl named Penny makes its way to the Rescue Aid Society, a mouse organization in the basement of the United Nations building dedicated to the rescue and well-being of anyone in need, it is up to the brave mouse Miss Bianca and her chosen partne β¦r, the shy janitor Bernard, to rescue the girl. Searching for clues at Penny's home at Morningside Orphanage in New York City, the two mice discover that the girl has been kidnapped by the evil pawn shop owner Madame Medusa and her companion Mr. Snoops. On the back of Orville the albatross, Miss Bianca and Bernard travel to the terrifyingly gloomy Devil's Bayou where they learn the shocking truth: the innocent young girl is being forced down into a dangerous, dark underground pirate's cave where she must find the Devil's Eye, the world's largest diamond and Madame Medusa's greatest obsession. Before returning safely home, Miss Bianca, Bernard, and Penny will have to combat Madame Medusa's two ferocious pet alligators Brutus and Nero with the help of Ellie Mae and Evinrude the dragonfly, as well as survive the raging tides inside the horrible pirate's cave. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disney |
Themes: | falling in love |
Story: | electrical shockcoatfalling into watercar troublepetblockbusterfirst partrabbitrescuechasedog |
Climb aboard the double decker Spice Bus and get ready for a madcap musical adventure with the sexy phenomenons of pop - the Spice Girls. An encounter with extra-terrestrials, a night in a haunted castle, and a moment of truth in a maternity ward are just a few of the escapades the endeavored upon a β¦s the Girls gear up for their first live concert at London's Royal Albert Hall. (Read More)
Themes: | fashionpregnancy |
Locations: | london england |
Story: | giving birthexpectant motherfalling into waterbirthchildbirthwoman |
In the Maya civilization, a peaceful tribe is brutally attacked by warriors seeking slaves and human beings for sacrifice for their gods. Jaguar Paw hides his pregnant wife and his son in a deep hole nearby their tribe and is captured while fighting with his people. An eclipse spares his life from t β¦he sacrifice and later he has to fight to survive and save his beloved family. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | childbirthchase |
'Louisa May Alcott' (qv)'s autobiographical account of her life with her three sisters in Concord, Massachusetts in the 1860s. With their father fighting in the American Civil War, sisters Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth are at home with their mother, a very outspoken women for her time. The story tells of ho β¦w the sisters grow up, find love and find their place in the world. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Story: | giving birthfalling through iceexpectant motherbirthchildbirthbased on novel |
Michele seems indestructible. Head of a successful video game company, she brings the same ruthless attitude to her love life as to business. Being attacked in her home by an unknown assailant changes Michele's life forever. When she resolutely tracks the man down, they are both drawn into a curious β¦ and thrilling game-a game that may, at any moment, spiral out of control. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant |
Story: | giving birthbirthchildbirthwomantitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells "bonehead" and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: To communicate with anima β¦ls. Unfortunately, the word of Dolittle's ability is spreading quickly. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. But his colleagues suspect he's going mad, and as the clinic Dolittle used to work for is about to being taken over for a huge amount of money, many decisions have to be made. Believe him? Put him into a mental institution? Sell the clinic? But also his family is close to breaking apart. Until a circus tiger falls seriously ill. (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Characters: | dog actor |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | blockbusterfirst partpigremakehorsebased on noveldog |
In this animated comedy from the folks at Disney, the vain and cocky Emperor Kuzco is a very busy man. Besides maintaining his "groove", and firing his suspicious administrator, Yzma; he's also planning to build a new waterpark just for himself for his birthday. However, this means destroying one of β¦ the villages in his kingdom. Meanwhile, Yzma is hatching a plan to get revenge and usurp the throne. But, in a botched assassination courtesy of Yzma's right-hand man, Kronk, Kuzco is magically transformed into a llama. Now, Kuzco finds himself the property of Pacha, a lowly llama herder whose home is ground zero for the water park. Upon discovering the llama's true self, Pacha offers to help resolve the Emperor's problem and regain his throne, only if he promises to move his water park. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disneyslapstick comedy |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Story: | falling into watervillainessfirst partparkchase |
Novalee Nation is a pregnant 17-year-old from Tennessee heading to California with her boyfriend Willie Jack, but is abandoned by him at a Wal-Mart store in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Novalee has no job, no skills and only $5.55 in her pocket, so she secretly lives in the Wal-Mart until her daughter Americ β¦us is born six weeks later. Novalee decides to raise her daughter and rebuild her life in Sequoyah, with the help of eccentric but kind strangers. Based on the best-selling novel by Billie Letts. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingpregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirthbased on novel |
When an adopted fox and a to-be hunting hound become inspepearable friends as pups, their friendship grows stronger every day in their "childhood." But as they grow older, they grow farther and farther apart, to the day when the two old comrades bond is put the ultimate test.
Subgenre: | disney |
Locations: | farm |
Story: | woodpeckerdog moviepuppyblockbusterfirst partchasedog |
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. The passengers on the coach include a drunken doctor, two women, a bank manager who has taken off with his client's money, and the famous Ringo Kid, among others.
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | giving birthexpectant motherbirthchildbirthchase |
An alien couple known as Beldar and Prymatt with cone-shaped heads from the planet called Remulak is mistakingly ditched on earth, during a scouting mission for planet conquest. While here, they dodge the INS, have a child and discover that life on Earth is quite good. But unfortunately they are bei β¦ng chased by the government who knows something is not quite right with the Conehead family. After they are rescued and taken back to their planet, Belder vows to return to earth and conquer it! (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirth |
At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time... The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim's father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change w β¦hat happens and has happened in his own life-so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. Moving from the Cornwall coast to London to train as a lawyer, Tim finally meets the beautiful but insecure Mary (Rachel McAdams). They fall in love, then an unfortunate time-travel incident means he's never met her at all. So they meet for the first time again-and again-but finally, after a lot of cunning time-traveling, he wins her heart. Tim then uses his power to create the perfect romantic proposal, to save his wedding from the worst best-man speeches, to save his best friend from professional disaster and to get his pregnant wife to the hospital in time for the birth of their daughter, despite a nasty traffic jam outside Abbey Road. But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can't save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. There are great limits to what time travel can achieve, and it can be dangerous too. (Read More)
Themes: | weddingpregnancymarriage |
Locations: | london england |
Characters: | pregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | expectant fatherexpectant motherbirth |
Alice, an unpretentious and individual 19-year-old, is betrothed to a dunce of an English nobleman. At her engagement party, she escapes the crowd to consider whether to go through with the marriage and falls down a hole in the garden after spotting an unusual rabbit. Arriving in a strange and surre β¦al place called "Underland," she finds herself in a world that resembles the nightmares she had as a child, filled with talking animals, villainous queens and knights, and frumious bandersnatches. Alice realizes that she is there for a reason--to conquer the horrific Jabberwocky and restore the rightful queen to her throne. (Read More)
Themes: | marriagesurrealism |
Locations: | london england |
Story: | live action remakepuppyblockbusterfirst partpigrabbithorsebased on noveldog |
An imaginative Disney version of the Robin Hood legend. Fun and romance abound as the swashbuckling hero of Sherwood Forest and his valiant sidekick plot one daring adventure after another to outwit the greedy prince and his partner as they put the tax squeeze on the poor.
Subgenre: | disney |
Themes: | wedding |
Story: | raccoonblockbusterpigrabbitchasetitle spoken by characterdog |
Stanley Ipkiss ('Jim Carrey' (qv)) is a bank clerk that is an incredibly nice man. Unfortunately, he is too nice for his own good and is a pushover when it comes to confrontations. After one of the worst days of his life, he finds a mask that depicts Loki, the Norse night god of mischief. Now, when β¦he puts it on, he becomes his inner, self: a cartoon romantic wild man. However, a small time crime boss, Dorian Tyrel ('Peter Greene (I)' (qv)), comes across this character dubbed "The Mask" by the media. After Ipkiss's alter ego indirectly kills his friend in crime, Tyrel now wants this green-faced goon destroyed. (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Story: | animal urinationcar troubleblockbusterfirst partparkrescuechasetitle spoken by characterdog |
From the largest elephant to the smallest shrew, the city of Zootopia is a mammal metropolis where various animals live and thrive. When Judy Hopps becomes the first rabbit to join the police force, she quickly learns how tough it is to enforce the law. Determined to prove herself, Judy jumps at the β¦ opportunity to solve a mysterious case. Unfortunately, that means working with Nick Wilde, a wily fox who makes her job even harder. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disney |
Themes: | wedding |
Characters: | pregnant |
Story: | villainesspigrabbitchase |
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and almost everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of actio β¦n and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant womanpregnant wifepregnant |
Story: | expectant mothercrowwomanrescuechasetitle spoken by character |
When two pre-teens named Hallie and Annie meet through their summer camp, their two lives are rattled when they realize that they are identical twins. With parents, British mother aka famous dress designer Elizabeth and American father, a wine maker named Nick, living in two different sides of the u β¦niverse, the girls decide to make an identity swap in hopes of spending time with their other parent. The girls later choose to aware their guardians of the swap while at a hotel in NYC, which late reunites the divorced pair and sends them back into remarriage with each other. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | london england |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | designernannywomanremakehorsebased on noveldog |
Ned lived a happy life growing organic vegetables on a farm with his hippie girlfriend and his dog named Willie Nelson, but an unadvised incident with marijuana at a farmer's market lands him in jail. When he gets out of jail, he is off to live with his sisters. While Ned is still happy, his sisters β¦ are much less so after his honest, but unworldly manner contributes to revelations which manage to expose infidelity in one marriage, potentially illegal actions in one job opportunity, dishonesty in one budding relationship and morally unpleasant behaviour in one domestic partnership. He sees those problems as breakdowns in communication, but his sisters see him as an idiot. The truth the audience witness is that ultimately, Ned is a catalyst for good around him without consciously setting out to do so. The denouement of the film sees balance restored with a positive outcome for all in the family. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Locations: | farm |
Characters: | pregnant |
Story: | dognappingarresttitle spoken by characterdog |
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 β¦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. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant |
Story: | giving birthexpectant motherbirthfaintingchildbirthwomantitle spoken by character |
In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity β¦ as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behavior and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behavior, affecting her private life and the relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. (Read More)
Themes: | fashion |
Characters: | employer employee relationship |
Story: | cruel bosscoatdesignerblockbusterwomanbased on noveldog |
In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie. George is a nervous father unready to face the fact that his little girl is now a woman. The preparations for the extravagant wedding provide additional comic moments.
Themes: | weddingmarriage |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | blockbusterwomanremaketitle spoken by characterbased on novel |
It's a post-apocalyptic world, several years after whatever the cataclysmic event, which has in turn caused frequent quakes as further potential hazards. The world is gray and getting quickly grayer as more and more things die off. A man and his pre-teen son, who was born after the apocalypse, are c β¦urrently on the road, their plan to walk to the coast and head south where the man hopes there will be a more hospitable environment in which to live. The man has taught his son that they are the "good people" who have fire in their hearts, which in combination largely means that they will not resort to cannibalism to survive. The man owns a pistol with two bullets remaining, which he will use for murder/suicide of him and his son if he feels that that is a better fate for them than life in the alternative. Food and fuel are for what everyone is looking. The man has taught his son to be suspect of everyone that they may meet, these strangers who, out of desperation, may not only try to steal what they have managed to scavenge for their own survival, but may kill them as food. Although life with his father in this world is all the boy has known, he may come to his own thoughts as to what it means holistically to be one of the good or one of the bad. Meanwhile, the man occasionally has thoughts to happier times with his wife/the boy's mother before the apocalypse, as well as not as happy times with her after the apocalypse and the reason she is no longer with them. (Read More)
Themes: | pregnancy |
Locations: | farm |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Story: | giving birthexpectant fatherexpectant motherbirthchildbirthwomanhorsechasetitle spoken by characterbased on noveldog |
Ace Ventura, emerging from self-imposed exile in a remote Himalayan hideaway, travels to Africa with explorer Fulton Greenwall to find a sacred bat which is told will avert a war between with Wachootoo and Wachati tribes. Of course, when Ace gets involved, all hell breaks loose...
Themes: | pregnancy |
Characters: | pregnant |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | raccoonbirthblockbusterchildbirth |
When Jane and Michael, the children of the wealthy and uptight Banks family, are faced with the prospect of a new nanny, they are pleasantly surprised by the arrival of the magical Mary Poppins. Embarking on a series of fantastical adventures with Mary and her Cockney performer friend, Bert, the sib β¦lings try to pass on some of their nanny's sunny attitude to their preoccupied parents. (Read More)
Themes: | marriage |
Locations: | farmlondon england |
Story: | nannyblockbustertitle spoken by characterbased on noveldog |
Mollie and James are together and raising a family, which now consists of an older Mikey and his baby sister, Julie. Tension between the siblings arises, and as well with Mollie and James when Mollie's brother Stuart moves in. Mikey is also learning how to use the toilet for the first time.
Themes: | pregnancymarriage |
Characters: | pregnant wife |
Story: | giving birthchildbirthpark |
Kevin McCallister is back. But this time he's in New York City with enough cash and credit cards to turn the Big Apple into his very own playground. But Kevin won't be alone for long. The notorious Wet Bandits, Harry and Marv, still smarting from their last encounter with Kevin, are bound for New Yo β¦rk too, plotting a huge holiday heist! Kevin's ready to welcome them with more battery of booby traps the bumbling bandits will never forget! (Read More)
Subgenre: | slapstick comedy |
Themes: | surrealism |
Period: | 1990s |
Story: | blockbusterpigparkarrestrescuechasenumber in title |
Disney's animated classic takes on a new form, with a widened mythology and an all-star cast. A young prince, imprisoned in the form of a beast, can be freed only by true love. What may be his only opportunity arrives when he meets Belle, the only human girl to ever visit the castle since it was enc β¦hanted. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disneyslapstick comedy |
Themes: | surrealism |
Story: | live action remakeblockbusterwomanrescueremakehorsechasetitle spoken by characterdog |
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...
Themes: | pregnancy |
Story: | giving birthexpectant motherbirthblockbusterchildbirthpark |
The animated story of Bambi, a young deer hailed as the 'Prince of the Forest' at his birth. As Bambi grows, he makes friends with the other animals of the forest, learns the skills needed to survive, and even finds love. One day, however, the hunters come, and Bambi must learn to be as brave as his β¦ father if he is to lead the other deer to safety. (Read More)
Subgenre: | disney |
Story: | skunkbirthblockbusterrabbitrescuetitle spoken by characterbased on noveldog |
It was no ordinary life for a young girl: living among scholars in the hallowed halls of Jordan College and tearing unsupervised through Oxford's motley streets on mad quests for adventure. But Lyra's greatest adventure would begin closer to home, the day she heard hushed talk of an extraordinary pa β¦rticle. Microscopic in size, the magical dust--discovered in the vast Arctic expanse of the North--was rumored to possess profound properties that could unite whole universes. But there were those who feared the particle and would stop at nothing to destroy it. Catapulted into the heart of a terrible struggle, Lyra was forced to seek aid from clans, 'gyptians, and formidable armored bears. And as she journeyed into unbelievable danger, she had not the faintest clue that she alone was destined to win, or to lose, this more-than-mortal battle... (Read More)
Themes: | surrealism |
Locations: | london england |
Story: | villainess played by lead actressblockbusterfirst partrabbitrescuehorsechasebased on noveldog |