Cult Connections

It's android love and freaky dreams in FuturepastDirected by Michael O'Herlihy. Written by Kathryn Powers. Guest stars Mariette Hartley

Ian reviews three classic sci-fi novels and decides if they would make good screen adaptations. The Stars My Destination (1956) by Alfred BesterThe City and The Stars (1956) by Arthur C ClarkeGreybeard (1964) by Brian Aldiss

What happened when French action star Olivier Gruner teamed up with Israeli writer/producer Avi Nesher for a string of straight to video action movies.Automatic (1995). Directed by John Murlowski. Written by Avi Nesher. Co-starring Daphne Ashbrook, John Glover and Troy EvansSavage (1997). Writen and Directed by Avi Nesher. Co-starring Jennifer Grant, Kario Salem and Sam McMurrayMars (1997). Directed by John Hess. Written and produced by Avi Nesher. Co-starring Shari Belafonte and Alex Hyde-Whyte

Ian and Mark "Planty" Plant head west to return to their "favourite" director.Lawman (1971). Directed by Michael Winner. Written by Gerald Wilson. Starring Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan and Lee J Cobb

Familiar faces and places await our trioThe Judas Goat. Directed by Paul Krasny. Written by John Meredyth Lucas. Guest starring Nicholas Hammond and Lance LeGault

This week our trio encounter sinister scientists and more corridorsFear Factor. Directed by Gerald Mayer. Written by John Sherlock. Guest starring Ed Nelson and Jared Martin

Fresh from reviewing Top Gun Ian ending up bingeing a whole load of other 1950s westerns. Here are four of the highlights.Man of the West (1958). Directed by Anthony Mann. Written by Reginald Rose. Starring Gary Cooper, Julie London and Lee J CobbThe Gunfighter (1950) Directed by Henry King. Written by William Bowes and William Sellers. Starring Gregory Peck, Helen Westcott and Millard MitchellThe Tall T. Directed by Budd Boetticher. Written by Burt Kennedy from a story by Elmore Leonard. Starring Randolph Scott, Maureen O'Sullivan and Richard Boone.Gunsight Ridge (1957). Directed by Francis D Lyon. Written by Talbot & Elizabeth Jennings. Starring Joel McCrae, Mark Stevens and Addison Richards.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the hugely popular action blockbuster Ian has decided to  review the 1955 western with the same name. Top Gun (1955). Directed by Ray Nazarro. Written by Steve fisher. Starring Sterling Hayden, William Bishop and Karin Booth

Ian is joined by Holger Hasse to review Andre Hunnebelle's trio of 60s films about the French pulp fiction criminal mastermind Fantomas!Fantomas (1964)Fantomas Unleashed (1965)Fantomas v Scotland Yard (1967)Directed by Andre Hunnebelle. Based on the books by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. Starring Jean Marais, Louis De Funes and Mylene Demongeot

Ian reviews the sequel you never knew you needed. Greenland 2: MigrationDirected by Ric Roman WaughWritten by Mitchell LaFortuneStarring Gerard Butler and Monica Baccarin