Christy A. Lemire (née Nemetz; born August 30, 1972) is an American film critic and host of the movie review podcast Breakfast All Day. She previously wrote for the Associated Press from 1999 to 2013, was a co-host of Ebert Presents at the Movies in 2011 and co-hosted the weekly online movie review show What The Flick?! until 2018. As of 2024, she reviews under the Breakfast All Day brand, on YouTube and Patreon, with Alonso Duralde.
Early life and education Born at the old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital (now Church of Scientology West Coast headquarters), Lemire grew up in Woodland Hills. She is a 1993 graduate of Southern Methodist University with a degree in journalism and is a member of the Delta Gamma sorority.
Career Lemire started writing film reviews for the Associated Press in 1999 and moved to New York in 2000 as a general entertainment reporter. In 2004, she became the Associated Press' first full-time film critic. She continued into that role until May 2013. In addition to her print work, Lemire has appeared on television shows including the Today Show and Good Morning America.
In 2003, she was a guest co-host on The View. Lemire made headlines when she and co-host Meredith Vieira shared a kiss in response to the Madonna and Britney Spears kiss at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Lemire was ranked number 93 on the "Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Faces of 2008".
Lemire made several appearances substituting for film critic Roger Ebert on At the Movies. When Ebert created his new film review program for public television, Ebert Presents: At The Movies, Lemire was selected as co-host of the program along with film critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky. Ebert Presents: at the Movies aired for a single season in 2011. From 2013 to 2026, Lemire was a contributor to RogerEbert.com.
She was one of the regular critics on the YouTube show What The Flick?! hosted on The Young Turks network, from 2010 to 2018. In August 2018, The Young Turks network canceled What The Flick?! along with Pop Trigger and Nerd Alert to focus on news content. Lemire and co-host Alonso Duralde, former hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Matt Atchity continued the series as a podcast on Lemire's personal website under the new name, Breakfast All Day.
Preferences Best films of the year 2010: The Social Network 2011: Martha Marcy May Marlene 2012: Argo 2013: Gravity 2014: Birdman 2015: Mad Max: Fury Road 2016: La La Land 2017: Call Me by Your Name 2018: The Favourite 2019: Parasite 2020: American Utopia 2021: Licorice Pizza 2022: The Banshees of Inisherin 2023: Poor Things 2024: Anora
Personal life She lives in Palos Verdes Estates, California with her husband Chris Lemire, a television producer, and son Nicolas, born in November 2009. She has described herself as a "lapsed Catholic".
In March 2025, Lemire announced on the Breakfast All Day YouTube channel that she had breast cancer. She subsequently underwent a lumpectomy and announced in May 2025 that she was cancer-free.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2004 Charlie Rose Guest 1 episode 2005 The Young Turks Herself 2007 At the Movies Guest Host 3 episodes 2010–2011 Ebert Presents: At the Movies Host 51 episodes 2010–2017 What the Flick?! Host 154 episodes 2011 50 Documentaries to See Before You Die Herself 5 episodes 2013 Roger Ebert's 14th Annual Film Festival: A Retrospective Herself Short film Fox News Herself Episode: "Studio 11 All Things Oscars 2013" Good Day L.A. Herself 2 episodes 2017 Movie Trivia Schmoedown Herself Episode: "Rotten Tomatoes Vs What the Flick" 2019 Front Row Flynn Moderator 2 episodes The Movies Herself 3 episodes 2022 Jennifer Lopez: Halftime Herself
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