Simon was in the studio to talk about the UK box office, new releases in the cinema, and his pick of films on free-to-air TV for the coming week. Friday She’s Out Of My League 11.25pm – 1.05am BBC1 Saturday Quartet 10.00pm – 11.30pm BBC2 The Spy Who Loved Me 4.15pm – 6.40pm ITV Monday Heat 11.10pm – 2.25am Film4 Tuesday X-Men: Days of Future Past 9.00pm – 11.35pm Film4 Wednesday Pompeii 9.00pm – 11.35pm Fiver Thursday Ruby Sparks 1.35am – 3.55am Film4 Subscribe via iTunes at: itpc://feeds.feedburner.com/WestHertsDrivetimeWithDannySmith

Chris' last entry for the horror themed Film Club this week is 'Braindead' from 1992. This cross between comedy and horror comes from Peter Jackson, who wrote, directed, and even cameos in the film. When a young man’s mother gets bitten by a rabid rat-monkey, she turns into a monster who he attempts to hide in his basement. Yet each time she escapes, another relative joins her in un-death.

Chris continues a terrifying horror Film Club this week with 1985's 'Re-Animator'. Directed by Stuart Gordon, the sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror is loosely based on an HP Lovecraft novella. Jeffery Combs is Herbert West, a young scientist who creates a solution which can re-animate the dead, and along with his colleague Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), begins to test out said serum on the human bodies. In conflict with the two is Dr. Carl Hill (David Gale), who wishes to steal the formula and take the glory for himself.

Next on this week of 'Horror' films, Chris looks at recent smash-hit 'Get Out'. Daniel Kaluuya stars as Chris, a young black man off to spend the weekend with his white girlfriend’s parents. Despite the warm welcome he receives, things slowly reveal themselves to not be all they seem. This wildly successful American horror was written and directed by Jordan Peele, and stars Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener and Lil Rey Howery.

Chris is back and heading the Film Club this week, selecting the theme of 'horror' today. We start this week with 'Near Dark' from 1987. When Cowboy Caleb Colton (Adrian Pasdar) meets gorgeous Mae (Jenny Wright) at a bar, the two have an immediate attraction. But when Mae turns out to be a vampire and bites Caleb on the neck, things get complicated. Wracked with a craving for human blood, Caleb is forced to leave his family and ride with Mae and her gang of vampires, including the evil Severen. Along the way Caleb must decide between his new love of Mae and the love of his family.

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Charlotte continues to look at famous English and Irish actors on the Film Club this week, with today's focus being on Tom Hardy in 'Legend'. Hardy stars as both Reggie and Ronald Kray, the two infamous twins that left their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.

Charlotte set the theme of 'English/Irish Actors' yesterday, with her next Film Club choice being 2013's '12 Years a Slave', featuring Michael Fassbender. Based upon the life of Solomon Northrup, in the years before the Civil War, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South. Subjected to the cruelty of one malevolent owner (Michael Fassbender), he struggles continually to survive and maintain some of his dignity.  The film won three oscars for 'Best Picture', 'Best Adapted Screenplay' and 'Best Supporting Actress' for Lupita Nyong'o. 

This week on the Film Club: Charlotte is back in charge, and today sets the theme of "Actors from the UK and Ireland", with Jame McAvoy in 'Split'. When 'Kevin' (McAvoy), a man evidenced to have 23 personalities, abducts three teenage girls, a war for survival breaks out between those within his head, and everyone around him. The girls must find a way out before the monstrous '24th' personality emerges. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, Anya Taylor-Joy and Betty Buckley star in the main roles along with McAvoy.

hallo, SIMON here. i cudn't be bovvered wif doing the film guide fingy this weak so i let Kris do it. I cudn't be bovvered becos i'm so tired from my life of being cool, wyle Kris has lots and lots and lots of energy because he is soooooo boring, and reeeeeeeeely dull.. like, u hav no idea how boring he is. he aint cool like me. i modle myself after my hero, MAGNUM PI. he's a badasss. hehehehehehehe, i said ass. Ok, that was a lie, but Chris 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. FridayDemolition Man11.00pm - 1.20amDave Saturday12 Years a Slave9.00pm - 11.35pmChannel 4 SundayStar Trek6.35pm - 9.00pmFilm4 Memento11.45pm - 1.35amBBC2 MondayPhiladelphia11.15pm - 1.40amFilm4 TuesdayLake Placid9.00pm - 10.50pmSony WednesdayWhite House Down9.00pm - 11.40pmITV2 ThursdayA Fish Called Wanda9.00pm - 11.15pm Sony