Reviews
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Everybody's Talking About Jamie
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-09-16
The undeniably sweet film, based on the wonderful West End musical, fixes some of the (much better) show’s flaws, but loses its humor and energy while it wallows in sadness.Read entire review on New York Post -
The Voyeurs
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-09-10
Writer-director Michael Mohan’s “drama” tries to be a modern Rear Window (emphasis on “rear”), but Hitchcock it ain’t. The Voyeurs is a cheap, never-ending trifle that takes itself more seriously than Hamlet.Read entire review on New York Post -
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-09-02
It’s fresh, it’s alive, it’s not the same old Marvel Cinematic Universe.Read entire review on New York Post -
Cinderella
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-09-02
Writer-director Kay Cannon has shattered Cinderella’s glass slipper. And we, the audience, are forced to walk across the shards barefoot.Read entire review on New York Post -
Worth
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-09-02
Those confessionals can and should deliver an emotional wallop; however, Sara Colangelo’s direction isn’t skillful or nuanced enough to give the scenes power. The speeches from actors, such as Laura Benanti, about the worst day in all of these people’s lives feel too rehearsed and polished for us to believe them.Read entire review on New York Post -
Candyman
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-31
While the movie could be a notch scarier, the unsettling imagery and slow build to chaos make me want another movie by this director stat.Read entire review on New York Post -
Vacation Friends
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-31
The talented quartet saves the movie, but making it great would take a rewrite.Read entire review on New York Post -
Reminiscence
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-19
This wannabe works oh so hard to be a contemporary detective noir, with its shadows, damsel in distress and brooding narration. But it never finds the suspense or sensuality of that genre.Read entire review on New York Post -
Respect
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-13
The supporting voices are sublime. Alongside Hudson are Audra McDonald, Tituss Burgess and Broadway’s Hailey Kilgore and Saycon Sengbloh. But the music, absent a believable 1960s sense of place or real concert atmosphere, doesn’t rouse so much as please, not unlike the familiar movie it’s a part of. Respect settles for being respectable.Read entire review on New York Post -
CODA
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-13
CODA is part of that fizzling genre of film, popular in the ’90s, in which you’re almost always on the verge of sobbing while watching it.Read entire review on New York Post -
Free Guy
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-12
The script by Matt Lieberman and Zak Penn is hysterical, but director Shawn Levy must’ve sold his soul to the devil to secure this cast.Read entire review on New York Post -
Vivo
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-06
Vivo is a heartfelt piece with catchy songs and a much more cohesive plot than Miranda’s Moana, which gets tangled midway through. Sure it could do with a touch more depth, but in the kids movie genre, you could do a lot worse.Read entire review on New York Post -
The Suicide Squad
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-08-05
Unlike Zack Snyder’s Justice League, there is nothing serious about The Suicide Squad. That’s a good thing.Read entire review on New York Post -
Jungle Cruise
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-29
To bulk up the thin material, the film steals from countless other, better adventure movies to create an altogether less satisfying combo plate that costs $30 to rent on Disney+.Read entire review on New York Post -
Stillwater
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-29
What director Tom McCarthy’s intriguing film — which is a tad overlong — deftly explores are the cultural barriers that prevent us from achieving basic goals, such as solving a murder, and connecting with people unlike ourselves. The story is a lot more nuanced than France vs. America.Read entire review on New York Post -
The Green Knight
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-29
The film seizes Lowery’s best skills as a director: his eye for innocence and nature (Pete’s Dragon) and how he uses slowness to deepen a story (The Old Man and the Gun).Read entire review on New York Post -
Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-23
The fights, taken on their own, are occasionally OK, but not enough to lift this joke-and-fun-free slog.Read entire review on New York Post -
Space Jam: A New Legacy
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-16
Over its interminable, nearly two-hour runtime, the film repeatedly mocks its very existence.Read entire review on New York Post -
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-15
The best thing about the Escape Room film series is that it gives audience members clear directions in the title about what they should immediately do: Escape. Room. Get out of that theater and go see Black Widow instead. Run for your lives — and sanity!Read entire review on New York Post -
Pig
A review by Johnny Oleksinski for New York Post2021-07-15
It’s my favorite Cage performance in some time, after overly bizarre turns in recent years as a murderous parent in Mom and Dad and an inmate on a mission in the Japanese film Prisoners of the Ghostland. When he goes back to basics, it’s as rich and juicy as a delicious ham steak.Read entire review on New York Post
