Monday August 21 to Sunday August 6
How to Be Deadly
To promote the feature film based on the YouTube comedy sensation, Donnie Dumphy (Leon Parsons), the mini-bike-riding Newfoundlander, will be appearing at screenings across Canada and hitting bars afterward with fans. The movie could be good, but the night could be legendary.
My Generation
A cover of the Who classic by anyone else wouldn’t get attention, but when it’s by a band called Hollywood Vampires, made up of Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp, among others, the curiosity pulls you in. The band’s debut album of mostly cover songs comes out next month.
Jerrod Carmichael on The Andy Greenwald Podcast
Carmichael is on his way to stardom. He was hilarious in the movie Neighbors, his 2014 stand-up special was directed by Spike Lee and now he’s got a sitcom. Don’t know him? Catch him in conversation with Greenwald.
Dismaland
What would you get if the artist Banksy created an amusement park? He’s done just that in Britain.
Dismaland is billed as “the U.K.’s most disappointing new visitor attraction,” and the trailer promoting it certainly doesn’t make it look like much of a magic kingdom – but that’s the point.