I’m not going to lie, I wasn’t the biggest fan of The Smashing Machine. Though the 2025 movie features one of Dwayne Johnson’s best performances (at least his most transformative), I felt like Benny ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers for "The Smashing Machine." Is the hierarchy of power in the 2026 Academy Awards about to change? Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sure hopes so, if his dramatic about ...

There’s a scene somewhere in the middle of The Smashing Machine that involves a knife, a cactus and a mild disagreement. It’s a light argument plenty of the audience will be familiar with. It’s likely ...

Dwayne Johnson’s latest film wasn’t exactly a “smash” hit. In fact, it was the lowest opening weekend of the blockbuster action star’s career. Johnson starred in “The Smashing Machine,” an arthouse ...

Movie star Dwayne Johnson has a laundry list of injuries he's sustained over the course of his career as a professional wrestler and a college football player. There was a ruptured Achilles tendon, a ...

The question of whether or not “The Smashing Machine” is successful, is more complicated than a simple yes or no. The answer to that question would change drastically depending on who you asked. The ...

The Golden Globes-nominated actor talks to IndieWire about all the contributing factors that led to this “banging on my rib cage” telling him to make the unconventional A24 sports biopic with director ...

Before Taylor Swift takes all the air out of the box office conversation, this weekend’s wide releases were given a break on Thursday night, meaning they didn’t have to face off with The Official ...

Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... Big man. Pained soul. Mad wife. At its bleeding, opioid-addicted heart, American filmmaker Benny Safdie’s solo directorial debut, The ...

“The Smashing Machine” recounts the success and struggles of Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Mark Kerr. Relying on his own professional wrestling background, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gives a ...