The Anglos | Beer! | Cinema, 2000-Now | Love Themes | The World Cup |
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William Shakespeare
Anne Hathaway, American actress and wife to this essential playwright
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Mayflower
In favor of water, beer was brought upon this Pilgrims' ship!
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There Will Be Blood
An epic recounting the devastating effects of power addiction, the failure of Christ, and egosim in 1920s California
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A Star is Born
This
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Christian Pulisic
This American starlet is expected to captain the national team come the next World Cup
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The Green Knight
Facing off against Gawain, perhaps a beheading, if you so fancy?
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Yeungling
This, the product of America’s oldest operating brewery
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American History X
The younger brother of a neo-nazi in Los Angeles is betrayed by the very man who sought to save him, 1998
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Spartacus
This
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The United States
While nearly-universally derided for its poor national team, this large country took Third Place over Yugoslavia in 1930's first Montevideo competition
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Leviathan
Thomas Hobbes, the first understanding of the criticality of the state
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Pabst
1893, Chicago, this beer wins the blue ribbon
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Black Swan
Tchaiovsky’s “Swan Lake: remains a staple in ballet, what happens when it becomes a committed dancer’s world?
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Doctor Zhivago
This
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Pele
While most famous for being the first player to ever miss a penalty kick in a world cup, Valdemar de Brito was redeemed in Brazilian eyes for discovering and mentoring this eventual superstar
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John Locke
The Father of Liberalism, a Bristol native, emigre, and proponent of the philosophy of “Life, Liberty, and Property”
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Qingdao
Little known, but rather influential, the Germans settled a singular port in Shandong, China --today, it commands a different name
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Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
A washed-up superhero actor attempts to revive his fading career by writing, directing, and starring in a Broadway production
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her
This
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West Germany
Remaining a point of English pride since 1966, who did the hosts vanquish to keep the cup home?
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Alfred the Great
I yet survive, Guthrum! I yet live! Though his brothers Aethelbald, Aethelberht, and Aethelred fared less well
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Reinheitsgebot
This beer law, dating 500 years as of today, still binds breweries in Quebec and the United States
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The Fall
After a debilitating injury cripples him for life, a stunt man in 1920s Los Angeles trades fantastical stories with a young Romanian girl in exchange for enough pain medication to take his own life.
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La La Land
This
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Pickles
While Brazil won the right to permanently house the Jules Rimet cup after their third win in 1970, it disappeared permanently in 1983. This being the second theft, the trophy had been discovered once before in the United Kingdom by a mixed-collie called this:
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