Cinephiles: rejoice! Ebert Presents: At the Movies just got a new, very spirited reboot. Your excellent hosts are now Christy Lemire of the Associated Press and Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of Mubi.com. Each week, they review high-profile theatrical releases, under the radar indies, and their favorite new DVDs and Blu-Rays; and patriarch Roger Ebert drops by to lend his inimitable style to a select film.Following in the proud footsteps of yin/yang, Hepburn/Tracy, and Jagger/Richards, Lemire and Vishnevetsky’s differences make a potent, delectable brew. While Lemire is an animated, highly knowledgeable movie fan, Vishnevetsky is an encyclopedic, unsparing connoisseur. The result is many zingy, thoughtful discussions and sharply humorous insights. Like this one, on which Vishnevetsky weighs in on the je ne sais quoi of Keanu Reeves (of whom I am a passionate defender, but that will have to wait for another post): “He has this air like he’s an amnesiac who doesn't really remember who he is, but he doesn’t want anybody else to know.”
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