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Johnny Oleksinski
Background
Johnny Oleksinski has been The Post’s entertainment critic, its leading voice on movies and theater, since 2018. He began at The Post as an entertainment reporter in 2015. Before moving to New York, he was a theater writer/editor at the Chicago Tribune and was chief theater critic of Newcity Chicago. He is a voting member of the New York Drama Critics Circle. Johnny majored in theater at Illinois State University. He lives in the East Village, and can be heard every Tuesday morning at 9:30 on WOR Radio.
Latest Articles
Foolish Kevin Costner, Francis Ford Coppola certainly made a splash -- in the worst way possible
August 24, 2024 | 1:44pmTwo enormously expensive vanity projects from renowned directors have awkwardly limped along this summer, provoking groans and shrugs across multiple continents: Kevin Costner’s “Horizon: An American Saga” and Francis Ford...
‘Blink Twice’ review: A captivating, freaky private island thriller
August 22, 2024 | 10:01amZoë Kravitz makes a killer directing debut with this ripped-from-the-headlines thriller with glimmers of “Get Out” and “The White Lotus.”
WTF?! New York ridiculously named 17th-most foul-mouthed state — when we're obviously No. 1
August 21, 2024 | 4:06pmYou’ve gotta be f--king kidding me.
Michael Keaton shrugs at shelved $100 million 'Batgirl' movie: 'Nice check'
August 20, 2024 | 11:19am“Batgirl”? Whatever!
The end is nigh for snoozefest late-night talk shows
August 17, 2024 | 1:02pmAs much as it pains me to say it, not only is Jimmy Kimmel’s crystal ball sadly spot-on — but late-night TV should call it quits. None of it is...
How a classy, A-list historical film turned into $17M hardcore porn
August 15, 2024 | 5:38pm“Caligula,” one of cinema’s oddest and most tawdry experiments, was produced by Penthouse magazine founder Bob Guccione.
‘Alien: Romulus’ review: Franchise's best sequel in years
August 14, 2024 | 5:34pmÁlvarez’s gripping film, which is set in between the first two movies, goes back to the franchise’s basics — isolation, paranoia, survival and tactile creatures.
'Once Upon a Mattress' review: Sutton Foster is a perfect princess on Broadway
August 12, 2024 | 10:00pmA show and a star have aligned. Mary Rodgers’ 1959 musical comedy has found Sutton Foster.
Thank you, Olympics, for making amazing athletes stars — instead of annoying Hollywood celebs
August 10, 2024 | 2:21pmAmericans haven’t cared much at all about Hollywood. Instead they’ve been addicted to the 2024 Olympic Games, which have averaged a huge daily viewership of 32 million across NBC and Peacock.
Disney's 'Greatest Showman' stage musical will play in 2026
August 10, 2024 | 1:05amLook out ‘cause here it comes. Disney Theatrical Group announced that a new stage musical of "The Greatest Showman" is in development at their D23 fan convention in Anaheim, Calif.,...
‘Borderlands’ review: Cate Blanchett video game disaster is the worst movie of the year
August 8, 2024 | 3:47pmIf I was the two-time Oscar winner, I’d hire a crack team to work around the clock to scrub all mention of it from the internet. The film is that embarrassing.
'It Ends With Us' review: Blake Lively dark romance drama forces you to cry
August 7, 2024 | 5:51pmIs this movie a recipe for greatness? No. Did I tear up multiple times? Absolutely.
It’s been 25 years since ‘Sixth Sense’ — What the hell is M. Night Shyamalan doing?
August 7, 2024 | 11:15amA young Haley Joel Osment might’ve seen dead people, but these days I see a dead career — M. Night’s.
‘Deadpool’ director defends Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman divorce jabs: ‘All in a playful spirit’
August 5, 2024 | 4:00pmDeadpool might be an unapologetic jerk, but at least he got permission.
'Job' review: A millennial cracks in tense Broadway two-hander
August 5, 2024 | 1:08pmMax Wolf Friedlich’s spicy drama is a collision of all of those essays and studies you’ve read about that age group’s unique tendencies — especially their desire to get paid...
Britney, too? Audiences are sick and tired of formulaic musician biopics
August 3, 2024 | 11:56amNevertheless, in an attempt to get free-spending millennials to give a fig about them, a Britney Spears film was announced last week. Huzzah…
'Trap' review: A ridiculous movie, even for M. Night Shyamalan
August 2, 2024 | 3:52pmOne thing I’ll say about “Trap” — it's got a spot-on title.
This sensational show about Lincoln's wife proves you can't predict a Broadway hit
July 27, 2024 | 11:06amSomething I would have never guessed five years ago: One of Broadway’s hottest shows is a rip-roaring comedy about Mary Todd Lincoln, the wife of Abraham Lincoln.
Paris Olympics opening ceremony was a boring, soaking-wet mess
July 26, 2024 | 7:48pmWhat were the French thinking? Je ne comprend pas!
James Bond actor officially retires from showbiz
July 25, 2024 | 1:30pmEighty-four-year-old George Lazenby, who played British superspy James Bond just once, in 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” announced on Thursday that he’s leaving show business for good.