Johnny Oleksinski

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

Bare breasts, suicides and Flaco: NYC can't handle public art

A good rule of thumb for those planning public art displays in New York City is: If you build it, they will come and deface, defile and vulgarize it.

'IF' review: With imaginary friends like these, you don't need enemies

John Krasinski has written, directed and stars in a new movie about imaginary friends. And, I suspect, rammed into his own imagination are the films “Toy Story,” “Monsters, Inc.” and “The...

'Back to Black' review: Awful Amy Winehouse biopic gets a no, no, no!

As 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

“Must-see!” has become “Maybe stream?”

UK's 'ugliest dog' becomes Hollywood royalty — starring in 'Deadpool & Wolverine'

Suddenly, the MCU stands for the Misunderstood Canines Unit.

'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' review: Man, these monkeys still kick ass

The 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

Forget “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

The 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'

It’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

Buckle up. Because these sculptors have delivered a meat manifesto.

'The Fall Guy' review: Gosling goes overboard in mediocre action comedy

The 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.

“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

Her 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

When 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

The 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

He 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

Sing her a song, you’re the piano man!

Why this year's Tony nominees for Best Musical have never been so unpredictable

This year, the nominations carry almost as much weight as the coveted prizes themselves. 

'Illinoise' review: Moving Broadway show is about love, loss — and dance

Set to the songs of Sufjan Stevens, it is a transporting and soul-stirring experience.