Chris Barrie's Motoring Wheel Nuts

Mr. Deeds

June 2002 •English

When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.

Annie Hall

April 1977 •English

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

Jeremy Clarkson at Full Throttle

November 2000 •English

In the petrolhead world of customised cars, Jeremy Clarkson is about to learn that it's always possible to make the best even better. Swoon as Vicki Butler-Henderson takes her Ford Capri head-to-head against Jeremy's Mercedes and wins. Marvel as Jeremy modifies a boring road-going Rover into a monster!

Love Scenes from Planet Earth

August 1998 •German

The film is a comedy centering on the lives of eight Germans who long for sexual excitement.

Greased Lightning

July 1977 •English

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

Rattling Romeo

July 1939 •English

Charley buys a wreck of an automobile that's been made to appear new by a disreputable used car dealer, but he soon realizes it's literally falling apart. He stops payment, and then must dodge repossesors as well.

Chickens Come Home

February 1931 •English

Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.

Fandango

January 1985 •English

In 1971, five college buddies from the University of Texas embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.

Italians

January 2009 •Italian

Two stories of Italians abroad: in Dubai, a truck driver who smuggles Ferraris for a living teaches the tricks of the trade to his young disciple; in Russia, a clumsy dentist experiences the consequences of sex tourism.

The Love Bug

December 1968 •English

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

June 1977 •English

Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. But thieves have hidden a cache of stolen diamonds in Herbie's gas tank, and are now trying to get them back.

Herbie Rides Again

February 1974 •English

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

Superstau

March 1991 •German

Every year, many Germans are preparing to spend their vacations in the sunny south. And they all have to use the same highways. And every year everything ends in a big traffic jam.

Herbie Fully Loaded

June 2005 •English

Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53 - the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own - puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor.

Bug Man

December 2023 •English

After enduring a bad breakup with his long time girlfriend on the side of an old Oklahoma highway, a young man moves into a 1968 VW Beetle with 8 foot spider legs.

Herbie Goes Bananas

June 1980 •English

The adorable little VW helps its owners break up a counterfeiting ring in Mexico.

Follow That Bird

August 1985 •English

Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.

The Big Fix

October 1978 •English

Private detective Moses Wine is hired by his former college girlfriend to investigate a political smear campaign and he sets out to find out who is responsible, with deadly results.

Revolutionen i vandkanten

March 1971 •Danish

License to Drive

July 1988 •English

Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.