Johnny Oleksinski

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

How a classy, A-list historical film turned into $17M hardcore porn

“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

Álvarez’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

A 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

Americans 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

Look 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

If 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

Is 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?

A 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’

Deadpool might be an unapologetic jerk, but at least he got permission.

'Job' review: A millennial cracks in tense Broadway two-hander

Max 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

Nevertheless, 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

One 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

Something 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

What were the French thinking? Je ne comprend pas!

James Bond actor officially retires from showbiz

Eighty-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.

Has the world lost its mind? Lunatic media wrongly thinks Kamala being 'brat' matters

The upside of Kamala's "brat summer" hyseria? Nobody will remember it in a week.

'Deadpool & Wolverine' mocks Hugh Jackman's divorce: 'He's let himself go'

Wolverine rarely cracks a smile, but Hugh Jackman’s got a winning sense of humor — especially about himself.

Fantastic buddy comedy 'Deadpool & Wolverine' gives MCU new hope

While Marvel retaking its cinematic crown will be a challenge, “Deadpool & Wolverine” is a giant, promising step forward for the franchise.

‘Deadpool & Wolverine,' the first R-rated MCU movie, has more than 100 F-bombs

The threequel, out Friday, includes more than 100 F-words — 116 by The Post’s count — which is the most of any “Deadpool” film so far.

Bon chance, Paris — New York City should never host the Olympics

What the chipper, wall-to-wall TV coverage does not reveal is that, as entertaining and inspiring as the international event is, it’s also a hugely expensive, three-week-long burden on already tenuous...