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

Barbenheimer is dead — and Hollywood is back to making lazy sequels

Peruse Fandango right now and you’ll see that Hollywood is squarely back to business as usual, and that business is sequels and retreads. 

Lily Allen reveals what her ‘Stranger Things’ star husband David Harbour thinks about her ‘kinky’ OnlyFans account

The British songstress unveiled her naughty OnlyFans account on Tuesday.

Ken Jennings' 'Jeopardy!' ruling blasted by fans

On Wednesday night’s episode, Jennings and the trivia program’s unseen judges made a call that infuriated some viewers who vented their frustrations on social media. 

'Eddie Murphy returns in pointless 'Beverly Hills Cop' sequel

Netflix has, once again, gotten its greedy hands on a cherished title, tossed in some celebs and lazily devalued it into an algorithmic afterthought.

10 hot blockbusters to see this summer

There may be no #Barbenheimer, but the summer movie season is finally heating up.

Being a cougar is the new American Dream

In Hollywood movies like "A Family Affair" and "The Idea of You," a more mature woman hopping into bed with a fit twenty-something is being portrayed, not as taboo or...

Kevin Costner's 'Horizon' is a giant box office disaster — and he mortgaged his land to pay for it

“Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1,” the Western movie Kevin Costner directed, co-wrote and stars in, tanked at the box office last weekend, grossing a paltry $11 million.

Nancy Pelosi and AOC play 'N/A' is a predictable snooze

The behind-closed-doors scenes pitting the Speaker of the House against the upstart New York congresswoman are more like Disney’s Hall of Presidents — reverential and robotic — than Capitol Hill.

‘Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1’ review: Kevin Costner quit ‘Yellowstone’ for this?!

I cannot fathom committing another 540 minutes of my time to this bloated ego trip. 

NYC's East Village has gone back in time to the bad old days of 'Rent'

In 1996, "Rent" was a snapshot of a downtown neighborhood in the papers for all the wrong reasons. Now the East Village is right there again.

The biggest problem with 'House of the Dragon'? I can't remember anyone's name!

I never want to see another “ae” ever again.

Lindsay Lohan starts work on biggest major studio role in 14 years: 'Freaky Friday' sequel

Returning to Disney, which also produced her debut movie “The Parent Trap,” is a major step for the actress, who’s struggled with comebacks since her dramatic days as a gossip...

The heatwave is a reminder of NYC’s best activity: Staying inside

New York al fresco activities, by and large, are either unpleasant or combative. Often both.

'The Bikeriders' review: Austin Butler stars in a pretty-good 'Goodfellas' riff

Martin Scorsese’s crime classic doesn’t pass the torch so much as the new gang movie passes the time.

'Cats: The Jellicle Ball' review: The most fun you'll have at the theater this summer

The hottest show in town is… “Cats”? Nobody's said that since around 1984.

'Kinds of Kindness' review: Emma Stone stars in awful Oscar bait

About 15 minutes into the three-part, nearly-three-hour slog, I found myself whispering of Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe: “Poor things...”

Donald Sutherland was part of one of Hollywood's most notorious controversies

The 1973 supernatural horror film "Don't Look Now" starring Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland, who died Thursday at age 88, included one of the most controversial sex sequences of all...

How NYC's massive Palace Theater was lifted into the air: 'An inch an hour'

The iconic Broadway venue that’s played host to such luminaries as Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli and Bette Midler was dramatically lifted 30 feet.

A terrifying seizure, recording studio attempts and hope: Celine Dion’s new doc is harrowing

One of the rawest moments I’ve ever seen in a documentary about a living superstar comes near the end of “I Am: Celine Dion.”

Celine Dion moved to tears in rare NYC appearance: 'The biggest crowd I’ve had in a few years'

“I have so much gratitude to welcome all of you this evening,” the “My Heart Will Go On” singer began after a long standing ovation at the premiere of her...