Picked up on a few more Coen gems recently:<\/p>\n
Such good fun, from Tom Waits yelling “you measly skunk!” to Cameron Diaz’s ridiculous drawl to Brad Pitt crazy jamming to his Walkman drinking Jamba Juice…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Picked up on a few more Coen gems recently: rewatched Burn After Reading The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Gambit (written by, not directed) Such good fun, from Tom Waits yelling “you measly skunk!” to Cameron Diaz’s ridiculous drawl to Brad Pitt crazy jamming to his Walkman drinking Jamba Juice…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-only-cool-movies","category-reviews"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9M0Zg-K7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":138,"url":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2005\/coen=good\/","url_meta":{"origin":2859,"position":0},"title":"8.0 Intolerable Cruelty","author":"m","date":"March 4, 2005","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm the last person to search out movies that allow you to indulge in the \"opulent lifestyles of the rich and famous\", but when the Coen brothers are driving the horsecart, sign me up. 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