Chris is back to head the Film Club, and today he's set the week's theme as 'Scientists/Mathematicians'. Starting us off, today Chris looks at 'Hidden Figures'. Directed by Theodore Melfi, this drama looks at three African-American women who worked at NASA in the 1960s, during the Great Space Race. Stars Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, Kevin Costner, Jim Parsons, Kirsten Dunst and Mahershala Ali.

Tonight Danny is hitting the town because it's that time of the year again when he pretends he is not being ravaged by the sands of time and getting a year older. Simon, in preparation for tonight, started drinking some time in 1983 and came to the studio 'jussst the rite level of *hiccup* loose' (direct quote). It was one of his better shows. Ok, that was a lie, but Simon was in the studio to talk about the UK box office, new releases in the cinema, and his pick of films on TV for the coming week. Friday The Crazies 1.25am – 3.35am Film4 Saturday The Queen 4.55pm – 7.00pm ITV3 Sunday The Sessions 12.00am – 1.45am Channel 4 Monday Source Code 10.55pm – 12.40am Film4 Tuesday The Naked Gun 10.05pm – 12.50am ITV4 Wednesday Starred Up 11.20pm – 1.25am Film4 Thursday Good Will Hunting 11.20pm – 1.50am Film4

Concluding this week is 'End of Watch', a crime thriller filmed in the 'found footage style'. Longtime LAPD partners and friends, Brian Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Mike Zavala (Michael Peña) patrol one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Though they may bend the rules, their honor and dedication to the job are unquestioned. Taylor and Zavala always have each other's back, even if Taylor's filming of their daily activities for a college course is a bit ill-advised. All hell breaks loose for the officers when they run afoul of a vicious Mexican cartel.  

Our next Jake Gyllenhaal feature on the Film Club is 'Jarhead'. Set in the late 1980s, Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal) enlists as a Marine, training in boot camp under a sadistic drill instructor. During this time Swofford undertakes a sniper course, shortly before the advent of the Gulf war. When the United States becomes involved, Swofford is shipped out, facing uncertainty each day -- about the war and home -- the soldier tries to maintain composure.

Today Max continues our Film Club week of 'Jake Gyllenhaal' with 2011 thriller 'Source Code'. Jake Gyllenhaal stars a a military helicopter pilot, brought into a top-secret operation that enables him to experience the last few minutes in the life of a man who died in a commuter-train explosion. The purpose of his mission? To learn the identity of the bomber who caused the crash, and prevent a similar catastrophe. Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright also star.

Last on the Indie Drama/Comedy week of the Film Club is 'Housebound', from 2014. Chris focuses on this horror-comedy with a twist, in which a would-be thief is remanded to the custody of her estranged mother, who turns out to be correct in her assertion that evil spirits are active in their family domicile. It stars Morgana O’Reilly, Rima Te Wiata and Ross Harper.

Chris' last 'worthy sequel' on this week's Film Club is 2013's 'Iron Man 3'. After the events of 'The Avengers', Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.), has been plagued by nightmares and is now dependent on the suits that give him his Iron Man persona -- so much so that every aspect of his life is affected, including his relationship with Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow). After a malevolent enemy known as the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) reduces his personal world to rubble, Tony must rely solely on instinct and ingenuity to avenge his losses and protect the people he loves.

Today's addition to the Film Club week of 'Worthy Sequels' is 'Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey'. In this 1991 sequel, slackers Bill (Alex Winter) and Ted (Keanu Reeves) are once again roped into a fantastical adventure when De Nomolos (Joss Ackland), a villain from the future, sends evil robot duplicates of the two lads to terminate and replace them. When the robot's succeed, Bill and Ted are determined to escape the afterlife, challenging the Grim Reaper (William Sadler) to a series of games in order to return to the land of the living.

The next film in this week of 'Worthy Sequels' is 'Airplane 2'. Though haunted by combat memories, heroic pilot Ted Striker (Robert Hays) agrees to return to the cockpit to man the controls of Mayflower One, America's first commercial spacecraft. Yet, as soon as the shuttle lifts off, an electrical malfunction sends the ship veering off course. A shaken Striker struggles to guide the shuttle through a treacherous asteroid belt, tame its failing computer systems and stop the disgruntled Joe Seluchi (Sonny Bono) from detonating a deadly bomb on board.

Chris returns to the Film Club this week to look at 'Worthy Sequels', starting off with the recently released 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'. Peter Quill and his fellow Guardians return for another sci-fi action extravaganza. This time, following a quick mission that leaves them stranded, the Guardians find themselves split between uncovering the mystery of Peter's parentage, and facing a new threat from the Pirate-like ravagers. Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Kurt Russell star alongside the voices of Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket Raccoon.