
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
'Sinners' review: Michael B. Jordan plays twins in an intoxicating Southern vampire flick
April 18, 2025 | 6:35pmThe South and vampires go together like wooden stakes and undead hearts.
This awesome 'Mission: Impossible' exhibit goes inside 29 years of extremely dangerous stunts
April 18, 2025 | 5:24pmAgent Ethan Hunt has come to — da da duh! — Queens.
'John Proctor is the Villain' review: 'Stranger Things' star Sadie Sink leads likable, long MeToo drama
April 14, 2025 | 11:00pmKimberly Belflower’s often entertaining, mostly clever, frequently phony dramedy that opened Monday night at the Booth Theatre could have used another draft.
The best Broadway restaurants for a bite, beverage — and an A-List celeb sighting
April 12, 2025 | 1:06pmThe best part of venturing out into jam-packed Times Square in the busy spring? Venturing inside into a somewhat less jam-packed bar or restaurant for a meal, a martini —...
Shocker — Broadway musical based on old flop TV show is terrible
April 10, 2025 | 10:30pm“Let’s Be Bad” is a song from the Broadway musical “Smash.” It is also the production's motto.
'Old Friends' review: Bernadette Peters and a glorious cast sing Sondheim
April 8, 2025 | 9:01pmIt’s a rare and special experience to watch performers of the calibre of Peters and co-stars like Lea Salonga sing Sondheim while backed by a sensational 14-piece orchestra in an...
‘Boop’ review: A Broadway star is born in new musical
April 7, 2025 | 9:00pmJasmine Amy Rogers, a 25-year-old actress, makes a marvelous Broadway debut in the Betty Boop musical “Boop.”
'The Last Five Years' review: Nick Jonas musical is the worst of the Broadway season
April 6, 2025 | 11:00pmYou’re five years older by curtain call.
Will these summer blockbusters be hits — or more giant bombs?
April 5, 2025 | 12:25pmWith the summer movie season kicking off next month, everybody in Hollywood is on thin, melting ice.
Why Betty Boop was once forced by Hollywood to be less sexy
April 4, 2025 | 2:54pmPoor Betty was a victim of the Hays Code, or the Motion Picture Production Code, which in 1934 banned profanity and curtailed violence and sexual content in movies — even...
Clooney makes his Broadway debut in a sleepy 'Good Night, and Good Luck' newsroom play
April 3, 2025 | 11:59pmIt comes as a surprise that the impression left by the dusty historical drama as the audience pours out onto Broadway is so small and fleeting. Good Night, and What’s...
A messed-up 'Steamboat Willie' horror film was shot on the Staten Island ferry Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought
April 3, 2025 | 2:24pmIn the demented new horror movie “Screamboat,” now in theaters, David Howard Thornton (Art the Clown from “Terrifier”) plays Willie, a killer rodent who brutalizes passengers at night aboard the...
'A Minecraft Movie' review: Idiotic video game film stomps on your brain
April 2, 2025 | 3:12pm“This place makes no sense!” yells a character in the imbecilic green-screen gunk that is “A Minecraft Movie," starring Jack Black and Jason Momoa.
'Glengarry Glen Ross' review: Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk's play is bleeping underwhelming
March 31, 2025 | 11:30pmDavid Mamet's should-be scorcher of a story about sleazy, lying, ruthless Chicago real-estate salesmen who will commit crimes and ruin lives to close a deal is as laid-back as a work-from-home Friday.
This list of best NYC neighborhoods is unbelievably stupid
March 29, 2025 | 12:20pmTrust this guide if you want to ruin your life.
'Picture of Dorian Gray': Sarah Snook wows in technical marvel Broadway play
March 27, 2025 | 10:00pmIn a flourish of theatrical magic, with the help of mind-boggling technology, the surely exhausted “Succession” star Sarah Snook plays 26 roles in “The Picture of Dorian Gray,” which opened...
Rob Lowe blasts LA officials over lost film and TV production: 'Everybody should be fired'
March 26, 2025 | 2:01pmOther states, and even foreign counties, offer more encouragement to bring Hollywood projects there instead of California, Rob Lowe said.
Alec Baldwin's trailer for controversial 'Rust' drops years after deadly on-set shooting
March 26, 2025 | 12:27pmThe independent Western, which will hit theaters and digital on May 2, was mostly filmed in 2021, but the production was marred by the tragic death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
‘Snow White’ star Rachel Zegler’s social media was vetted by Disney after anti-Trump post: report
March 25, 2025 | 3:33pmA new report claims outspoken star Rachel Zegler’s social media posts have roiled the House of Mouse internally for months.
Ralph Macchio says a 'My Cousin Vinny' sequel could happen: 'I've had conversations'
March 24, 2025 | 1:03pmRalph Macchio, one of the stars of “My Cousin Vinny,” said that a follow-up to the beloved 1992 comedy movie has been in discussion. “Yeah, I've had conversations with other...