Johnny Oleksinski

Johnny Oleksinski

Johnny Oleksinski is an entertainment critic at the New York Post.

Background

Johnny 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

Celebs should stop making self-absorbed 'retirement' announcements

Cameron Diaz, Jim Carrey and Daniel Day-Lewis all announced they were retiring from acting. Guess what? They're back.

How a scrappy off-Broadway comedy has become a giant worldwide success

Already playing in New York, London, Sydney and Toronto, when "Titanique" opens its fifth production in Chicago in May, it will have as many concurrent runs as “Hamilton.”

SAG's vicious diss of Angelina Jolie and Nicole Kidman could spell doom at the Oscars

Nicole Kidman and Angelina Jolie’s chances of winning the Oscar for Best Actress became microscopic on Wednesday.

Hilarious Nikki Glaser saves 2025 Golden Globes from being a disastrous, fiery wreck again

I have just woken up from a strange and confusing dream. I dreamt that the 2025 Golden Globe Awards were actually tolerable.

'Emilia Perez' stuns with Golden Globe for best musical or comedy, 'The Brutalist' wins top drama award at most fun ceremony in years

This Nikki Glaser-hosted Golden Globes ceremony was "Wicked" good.

Our 2025 Golden Globes predictions — who will win?

Here are The Post’s critics’ picks for which movies and TV shows will win on Sunday, Jan. 5.

Shocking ‘Babygirl’ milk scene with Nicole Kidman really happened to director: ‘Incredible, hot’

During a steamy bar scene that’s become a talker online, Nicole Kidman's New York CEO character Romy is sent a glass of milk by the young intern she’s having an...

'The Brutalist' review: Adrien Brody is perfect in this riveting, mammoth epic

As the year comes to a close, “The Brutalist” finally hands us the bewitching epic for adults that 2024 otherwise lacked. 

Linda Lavin, who tickled our funny bones and broke our hearts, is mourned by Broadway

Linda Lavin, who died Sunday at age 87, was a captivating Broadway star beloved by audiences for her electrifying contradictions.

New Year's resolutions for entertainment: Stop superhero movies and Brits on Broadway

Post critic Johnny Oleksinski makes his wishes for movies, TV and Broadway in 2025.

Classic ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ started as a box office flop that critics dismissed: ‘Embarrassing’

There's an inspiring message to be gleaned from Hollywood history: Sometimes when a movie flops, it gets a second chance.

How the Bob Dylan movie 'A Complete Unknown' perfectly re-created 1960s NYC — thanks to New Jersey

Director James Mangold shot most of “A Complete Unknown," starring Timothée Chalamet, on-location in Jersey City and Hoboken, NJ, where he and production designer François Audouy could change what they...

'All In: Comedy About Love' review: Starry Broadway show's a big waste of money

Ticket-buyers are being charged as much as $800 a pop some weeks for what is little more than a sedate staged reading of New Yorker cartoon captions uttered by celebrities.

These 5 godawful movies tormented us in 2024: 'Megalopolis,' 'Joker: Folie a Deux'

Of the more than 100 films Post critic Johnny Oleksinski saw in 2024, here are the five that gave Excedrin the most business.

'Gypsy' review: Audra McDonald's Broadway revival is a badly staged letdown

With stop-start direction from George C. Wolfe, the musical runs out of gas early on.

The 10 best movies of 2024: 'Anora,' 'A Real Pain,' 'Challengers'

Post critic Johnny Oleksinski names his favorite movies of the past year.

'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' review: Jim Carrey is out of his mind

This time, Jim Carrey not only plays the over-the-top villain Dr. Robotnik but his long-lost maniacal grandfather Gerald.