Johnny Oleksinski

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New York Post
For 682 reviews, this critic has graded:
  • 46% higher than the average critic
  • 1% same as the average critic
  • 53% lower than the average critic
On average, this critic grades 6.6 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)

Johnny Oleksinski's Scores

  • Movies
  • TV
Average review score: 59
Highest review score: 100 Avatar: The Way of Water
Lowest review score: 0 Gotti
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 365 out of 682
  2. Mixed: 125 out of 682
  3. Negative: 192 out of 682
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    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
    Honor Among Thieves is a useful reminder of something that’s been forgotten in the age of dense film universes and ultra-violent action films: Light-hearted adventure movies like “The Princess Bride” remain the perfect vehicle for humor, romance, fights and special effects. When done properly, as Dungeons & Dragons is, they give audiences a full-bodied experience that’s hard not to like.
    • 87 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Nomadland
    The film, directed by Chloé Zhao, is an awards-season favorite, and it doesn’t let you forget that for a second. Beneath the veneer of prestige, however, is a prescient and affecting story of a lost American class: van dwellers.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    Decent movie, same old Borat.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    The Color Purple
    Another reason to embrace “Purple” is that the moving film is graced by a duo of exceptional performers in Barrino and Danielle Brooks as Sofia who, while singing, capture the electricity of being live onstage, and, while acting, take advantage of the raw intimacy of a close-up. Getting that combo right in movie musicals is rarer than you’d think.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Ferrari
    The film, admittedly, does not rev up as fast as a Ferrari. The director initially prefers a relaxed pace and almost sepia color scheme that make us unsure, sometimes in frustration, of what the vibe of the story is supposed to be.
    • 78 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Avengers: Endgame
    It’s as sprawling and pulse-pounding a fight as you’re hoping it will be.
    • 52 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
    Grindelwald gives us a proper villain and a purpose for this series of — gulp — five eventual movies.
    • 81 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Premature
    Premature doesn’t break much new ground. But it sure breaks hearts.
    • 62 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    The King
    Not so good is Lily-Rose Depp as French princess Catherine. Say what you will about francophile Johnny Depp — he’s never boring. But his daughter, with her vacant expression, lacks a certain je ne sais quoi.
    • 84 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    First Man
    The movie succeeds thanks to director Damien Chazelle’s superb visuals, which land somewhere between the quiet indie look of his previous flick, “La La Land,” and the epic sweep of “Apollo 13.” Space has never looked so sexy, or felt so claustrophobic.
    • 85 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    West Side Story
    It’s the ensemble that wows most, though. Faist makes an unusually spindly Riff, yet he is scarier than any I’ve seen. Bernardo, the best role in the show, is given real intensity by David Alvarez and Ariana DeBose dances the dickens out of “America” as Anita.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker
    Although director J.J. Abrams tries his darndest to finish the job, conjuring up nostalgia like a TV medium, “Rise” doesn’t feel like the last chapter of the biggest American movie franchise. It’s just another well-made “Star Wars” flick.
    • 40 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Pitch Perfect 3
    It really all comes down to the Bellas. With brilliant actresses like Wilson, who has a badass fight scene this time, and Kendrick, the stealthily vicious pixie, the studio could drop this cast in a DMV with a pitch pipe and they would make a decent movie out of it — a movie that I would pay to see.
    • 64 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Gladiator II
    Is it an essential continuation of the story of Russell Crowe’s fallen fighter Maximus? Eh, not really. A likable diversion, the film is not as epic or weighty as its acclaimed predecessor.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Luce
    Luce is a taut, extremely watchable movie, though the dialogue could loosen up a touch.
    • 74 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Raya and the Last Dragon
    Raya doesn’t have any coming-of-age experiences, she doesn’t sing, she’s not trying to please her father, there’s no romance subplot, nobody helps her get dressed. What there are are crossbows and swords. And on that front, it is a success. The battles and missions in each separate place are visually exciting.
    • 88 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Poor Things
    This freaky fairy-tale world is really a playground for Stone, whose willingness to be foolish and risky is a breath of fresh air amid all the polite Oscar-bait turns we’re handed this time of year.
    • 67 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Concrete Cowboy
    Harp’s mix of old-school masculinity, love of animals and innate paternal instincts suits Elba perfectly. And unlike Nomadland, which also brought together real citizens with a Hollywood star (Frances McDormand), Elba fits easily and naturally into this group and their environment. It’s like a rider meeting the perfect horse.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Hot Summer Nights
    In Hot Summer Nights, Chalamet proves he’s learned Hollywood’s most important trick of all: consistency. His performance here is every bit as good as those past credits — more so, in some respects, thanks to his comedic chops — even if the film’s prestige is dampened by, well, tons of pot, cocaine and gnarly murders.
    • 59 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
    For the most part, however, “Deliver Me From Nowhere” is in conversation with where Springsteen’s mind and passions rest today, as evidenced by his memoir “Born to Run” and his introspective Broadway show — revisiting the mansion on the hill and returning to his father’s house.
    • 53 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Hubie Halloween
    Sandler, like him or not, is a master at bringing ‘90s heart and sentiment to his dumb schtick, and he’s disarmingly quiet and warm here. And his best jokes have nothing to do with Halloween.
    • 68 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Three Months
    Some heightened plot lines in writer-director Jared Frieder’s film don’t land as well as the tender moments do. The romance is admirably never overplayed for sentiment.
    • 70 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    The Old Guard
    Cool though the skirmishes are, director Gina Prince-Bythewood’s film could use some more visual panache, given the unique historical backgrounds of her characters. The look, by and large, is rudimentary action flick. Still, it’s good fun and has more than a few winning one-liners.
    • 51 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Project Power
    There is enough detail and psychological nuance in Mattson Tomlin’s clever script to make Project Power more intriguing than most of what Marvel and DC have to offer, even if it could barely match their catering budgets.
    • 73 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Hoppers
    Director Daniel Chong’s original movie is terribly funny, and often in an unfamiliar, warped way for the cerebral and mushy studio.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Bumblebee
    The franchise’s greatest transformation yet: He’s made a pretty good movie.
    • 66 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Creed II
    If the sequel is a notch less than its astounding predecessor, that’s because — like Adonis Creed does during moments of doubt — the filmmakers are overcomplicating things.
    • 63 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
    The second “Chicken Run” grabs you by the giblets anyway, thanks to its terrific returning voice cast of big-personality Brits, such as bubbly Jane Horrocks and Imelda Staunton (who, in the 23 intervening years, has gone from the coop to Buckingham Palace), and earnestly funny writing. Netflix, to its credit, has not laid an egg.
    • 60 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Bad Hair
    Bad Hair is about 10 minutes too long. You don’t salivate over Anna’s home life as much as you do her office from hell, and a few of those scenes could have been trimmed. Nonetheless, it’s nice to see horror let its hair down again.
    • 71 Metascore
    • 75 Johnny Oleksinski
    Ralph Breaks the Internet
    The climactic scene, in both story concept and design, is too complicated and peculiar for my tastes. But until that short blip, co-directors Phil Johnston and Rich Moore’s (“Zootopia”) film is supremely intelligent, and Reilly and Silverman once again give deep-feeling vocal performances.
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