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

Elton John's 'Devil Wears Prada' musical is still a haute mess across the pond

“The Devil Wears Prada,” Elton John’s horrid musical that crashed and burned two years ago in Chicago, is giving it a second go in London.

Jennifer Lopez's buzzy new movie musical will premiere at Sundance

Lopez's “Kiss of the Spider Woman” will have its world premiere in January at the festival in Park City, Utah.

Elton John blames Trump's election win for his huge Broadway flop, 'Tammy Faye'

For Elton John, Trump’s victory did not make Broadway great again.

'A Complete Unknown' review: Timothée Chalamet makes a killer Bob Dylan in biopic

Like a rolling stone comes the best musician biopic since “Elvis.”

The Golden Globes are no longer your drunk uncle — they're snobbier than the Oscars

Unlike the wild-and-crazy Globes of yore, their on-the-wagon nomination list reads like that of a black-tie European festival.

Golden Globes nominees announced -- see the full list here

Nominations for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards, honoring the best of the year’s movies and TV shows, were announced on Monday morning by Mindy Kaling and Morris Chestnut. 

At the Gothams, Pamela Anderson bolts early — and Chalamet and Angelina Jolie get Oscars practice

Award season’s first A-List fete was held here in New York this week — the Gotham Independent Film Awards downtown at Cipriani Wall Street.

These movies just saw their Oscar chances plummet

Famed director Ridley Scott got mauled Thursday — by an award show.

'Nightbitch' review: Amy Adams transforms into a dog in so-so dramedy

Director Marielle Heller’s enjoyable film is not the cringe-fest you walk in expecting it to be, even if the premise will be a hairy leap for some movie-goers. 

'Wicked' just won a huge award — it could spell bad news for Oscars

The National Board of Review's Best Picture winner has only gone on to win the top Academy Award three times in the past 24 years

Freaky 'Nosferatu' remake crowns a new King of Horror

As he more than proves with the new vampire film, Bill Skarsgård is a modern-day Lon Chaney who was born with a knack for nightmares.

‘Wicked’ brings out the worst behavior in selfish fans

Audience members at “Wicked,” reports say, are culture-less barbarians who can barely comprehend that they are outside of their own home — singing along and taking videos of the screen.

'Hot Frosty' review: The abominable snow movie

After being brought to life, the sexy snowman of Netflix’s “Hot Frosty” can laugh and play just the same as you and me — except a million times dumber. 

'Maria' review: Angelina Jolie is stunning as Maria Callas in her last days

Jolie, whose combination of artistry and larger-than-life stardom makes her the only actress who could play this part right now, is luminous.

'Our Little Secret' review: Lindsay Lohan's Netflix movies go from atrocious to merely bad

In her three-picture deal with Netflix, Lindsay Lohan has been churning out braincell-bursting seasonal movies since 2022.

Disney's wishy-washy sequel 'Moana 2' has sprung a leak

Well, at least it’s not “Wish.” 

Elton John's embarrassing $25M Broadway flop was predictable — the Rocket Man keeps crashing

On Tuesday, the “Crocodile Rock” singer’s “Tammy Faye,” a migraine about mascara set to music, posted its closing notice only five days after opening night. Said a wag: “The shocker...

'Blitz' review: Saoirse Ronan stars in solid WWII drama with an 'Oliver Twist' vibe

“Blitz,” loosely gripping, doesn’t tap into our collective idea of what a war film is so much as it does the youthful, perilous journeys through 19th century Britain of Charles...

Leading ladies’ claws are out in 'Death Becomes Her,' a funny Broadway camp fest

There is a miracle elixir in the campy musical “Death Becomes Her,” which opened Thursday night at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre: Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.