Milwaukee Film’s annual “Season’s Screenings” holiday movie series just got underway this week, and if you're listening to this episode on its release date, that means you’ve only missed one of the 22 selections that will run at the Oriental Theatre between now and Jan. 1 (if you really love The Holiday, you can always fork over $3.99 to stream it). With our resident Milwaukee Film-ite Kpolly, it seemed silly not to use this opportunity to dig into the topic of holiday movies. 

It won’t surprise you to learn that both of our hosts find this part of the calendar cinematically delightful. It’s kind of hard to argue with them, considering how un-genre-specific these movies are. Traditionalist? You’ve got White Christmas and It’s a Wonderful Life. Romantic? Bridget Jones’ Diary and When Harry Met Sally. Holiday hater? Krampus and Christmas Evil. Prefer straight-ahead comedies? Planes, Trains and Automobiles and Scrooged.

Speaking of the Bill Murray-starring take on A Christmas Carol, only one entry in this year’s “Season’s Screenings” has an interactive element, and it happens Dec. 11 with what we’re calling “Scrooged with Cinebuds Live”! Because we believe in delivering on things promised in titles, everyone in attendance at the Oriental Theatre will enjoy a screening of the movie and a live taping of Cinebuds immediately following.

So if you’ve ever fancied the idea of hearing your voice on the podcast, this is your big chance. We’ll even sweeten the deal by knocking $3 off your ticket, since you’re clearly a devoted Cinebuds fan if you’ve gotten this far down the page. Just enter the code “SCROOGED” when you check out on the Milwaukee Film website, and you’ll see the discount applied.

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