John Astin

John Astin

Date of Birth

1930-03-30

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Known for

Gremlins 2: The New Batch, The Frighteners, The Kiss, That Touch of Mink, The Spirit is Willing

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Attack of the Killer Tomatoes returns after decades with Organic Intelligence, a goofy horror comedy that delivers ridiculous fun

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes returns after decades with Organic Intelligence, a goofy horror comedy that delivers ridiculous fun

Horror Movie Reviews

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence review – Horror comedy franchise returns after decades of dormancy

Posted 7 minutes ago

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes returns after decades with Organic Intelligence, a goofy horror comedy that delivers ridiculous fun

Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners: The Best Movie You Never Saw

Posted 6 years ago

Theodore Peter Jackson. For most of us, the name conjures up images of Hobbits and shires, Dwarves and Elves – and let’s face it – money and Oscars. It’s safe to say that directors don’t get much bigger than Peter...

Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Dunkirk, Predator, Robocop, Scarface

Posted 9 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Addams Family, They Live, Vacation

Posted 11 years ago

Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

The Best Movie You Never Saw: The Frighteners

Posted 13 years ago

Welcome to The Best Movie You NEVER Saw, a column dedicated to examining films that have flown under the radar or gained traction throughout the years, earning them a place as a cult classic or underrated gem that was either...

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Hope

Movie Reviews

Hope Review: Has Some of the Greatest Action Scenes of the Decade

Posted 1 day ago

Na Hong-jin’s Hope is a wildly ambitious sci-fi action-horror epic that delivers jaw-dropping set pieces and some of the biggest thrills in recent memory.

Godzilla Minus Zero gets a new trailer and poster, teasing Godzilla's return and a mysterious new threat

Horror Movie News

Godzilla Minus Zero Trailer Unleashes the King of the Monsters and Teases a New Threat

Posted 1 day ago

Godzilla Minus Zero gets a new trailer and poster, teasing Godzilla's return and a mysterious new threat

Movie Trailers

Remain teaser trailer: M. Night Shyamalan and Nicholas Sparks’ supernatural romance unveils its first look

Posted 1 day ago

Watch the Remain teaser trailer, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor in M. Night Shyamalan's supernatural romance

The End of Oak Street, 4K release, Digital

Movie News

When will The End of Oak Street be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and Digital?

Posted 20 hours ago

The End of Oak Street wasn't the box office success it should have been, but the sci-fi thriller will soon be available to watch at home.

Movie News

The ultimate Star Wars double-feature: A New Hope & Starfighter set for IMAX 70mm screenings

Posted 22 hours ago

Star Wars: A New Hope hits IMAX for its 50th anniversary, alongside Shawn Levy's Starfighter in IMAX 70mm. Don't forget your lightsaber!

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great spaghetti westerns, Franco Nero, Lee Van Cleef

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Five Great Spaghetti Westerns That Don’t Star Clint Eastwood

Posted 3 weeks ago

Clint Eastwood may be the face of spaghetti westerns, but these five great movies prove the genre had plenty of other legendary gunslingers.

JoBlo Originals

Every Live-Action Spider-Man Movie Ranked: Which One Is the Best?

Posted 1 month ago

From 2002 to 2026, we're taking a look at every Live Action Spider-man film and ranking them. Let's see how they stack up!

JoBlo Originals

VHS Gems: The ’80s Movies We Discovered at the Video Store

Posted 1 month ago

We take a look back at some eighties classics that weren't huge theatrical hits but became classics on home video.

Terrible Sequels to Great Movies

JoBlo Originals

Five Great Movies That Were Followed by Absolutely Terrible Sequels

Posted 3 weeks ago

Developing a sequel to a great movie is always difficult, but unfortunately, for each one that succeeds, there's an absolutely terrible one.

JoBlo Originals

The 10 Best ’80s Movie Villains: From Biff Tannen to Hans Gruber

Posted 3 weeks ago

No decade had better movie bad guys than the 1980s, but in a decade full of villains, who were the best?

JoBlo Originals

The Jackal: Is Bruce Willis’s 1997 Thriller Better Than Its Reputation?

Posted 3 weeks ago

1997's The Jackal teamed two box office heavyweights, Bruce Willis and Richard Gere, but has largely sunk into obscurity.