Johnny Oleksinski
About the Columnist
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.
The Archive
'Back to Black' review: Awful Amy Winehouse biopic gets a no, no, no!
May 16, 2024 | 2:26pmAs expected, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s woeful film “Back to Black” doesn’t play as the gripping battle of musical genius vs. personal demons it fancies itself to be.
The summer movie box office could be screwed
May 11, 2024 | 9:56am“Must-see!” has become “Maybe stream?”
UK's 'ugliest dog' becomes Hollywood royalty — starring in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'
May 9, 2024 | 1:22pmSuddenly, the MCU stands for the Misunderstood Canines Unit.
'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' review: Man, these monkeys still kick ass
May 8, 2024 | 5:33pmThe film continues this damn dirty science-fiction franchise's reign as one of the best out there.
This Bob Iger comment tells you all you need to know about the sorry state of Disney
May 7, 2024 | 5:25pmForget “when you wish upon a star.” Now, it’s “when you drill upon IP.”
The Met Gala theme was both boring and out of touch
May 6, 2024 | 9:10pmThe lavish Upper East Side bash was practically "The Hunger Games," but with Kim Kardashian.
'Superman' director drops first photo of David Corenswet as Clark Kent: 'Get ready'
May 6, 2024 | 1:58pmIt’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … not Henry Cavill!
Times Square's giant hot dog is apparently a meat manifesto about toxic masculinity
May 4, 2024 | 1:56pmBuckle up. Because these sculptors have delivered a meat manifesto.
'The Fall Guy' review: Gosling goes overboard in mediocre action comedy
May 2, 2024 | 8:58pmThe film is loosely based on the 1980s TV series. Never a good sign.
Nicole Brown's sisters get emotional in doc series trailer: 'I could not protect her' from O.J.
May 2, 2024 | 1:56pm“I think it’s important that people get to know my sister,” says another sibling in the trailer of "The Life and Murder of Nicole Brown." “Our sister.”
'The Idea of You' review: Anne Hathaway's sexy romance is better than you'd expect
May 1, 2024 | 4:54pmHer latest fizzy project realizes the dream of every bored woman in their thirties and forties: She plays a single mom who has a fling with a famous, 24-year-old British...
The 2024 Tony nominations were pretty brutal
April 30, 2024 | 4:27pmWhen the list was read aloud by Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Renée Elise Goldsberry, it was snub city.
Tony Awards 2024 nominations: The full list of nominees
April 30, 2024 | 8:57amThe nominations for the 2024 Tony Awards, honoring the best of Broadway, were announced Tuesday morning. The 2023-2024 Broadway season was a highly competitive and unpredictable one. Fifteen new musicals...
'The Nanny' and ‘Romancing the Stone’ actor dead at 83
April 29, 2024 | 5:25pmHe was a renaissance man, having been a musician, comedian, actor, producer and art collector over the course of a six-decade-long career.
Billy Joel sings 'Uptown Girl' to ex Christie Brinkley at MSG — and their daughter performs
April 29, 2024 | 1:34pmSing her a song, you’re the piano man!
Why this year's Tony nominees for Best Musical have never been so unpredictable
April 27, 2024 | 10:18amThis year, the nominations carry almost as much weight as the coveted prizes themselves.
'Illinoise' review: Moving Broadway show is about love, loss — and dance
April 26, 2024 | 3:16pmSet to the songs of Sufjan Stevens, it is a transporting and soul-stirring experience.
'Great Gatsby' review: Broadway musical messes up beloved novel
April 25, 2024 | 11:22pmForget East Egg and West Egg.
‘Challengers’ review: Steamy Zendaya movie is this year’s ‘Saltburn’
April 25, 2024 | 5:54pmLove “Challengers” or loathe it, you’ll definitely want to talk about it
'Uncle Vanya' review: Steve Carell's Broadway play is funny, not feeling
April 24, 2024 | 9:00pmWhile the revival of Anton Chekhov's play has got the jokes down pat, it is quite a bit shakier when it comes to the pathos and hardship that spring from...