Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine is not a triumphant sports movie in the traditional sense—it’s an unfiltered, nerve-jangling character study about the

Inside Dwayne Johnson’s transformation into MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie’s new movie. Watching “The Smashing Machine,” you may find yourself squinting as if trying to puzzle through an optical illusion. How can that guy who your brain objectively knows is Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson look so much like the Rock, but also not?

Benny Safdie's MMA-fighting drama 'The Smashing Machine' is anchored by a superbly stripped-down Dwayne Johnson as UFCer Mark Kerr. Review.

Rebecca’s Take “The Smashing Machine” recounts the success and struggles of Ultimate Fighting Championship champion Mark Kerr. Relying on his own professional wrestling background, Dwayne

The celebrated filmmaker and actor sat down with Q’s Tom Power at this year’s TIFF to talk about his highly anticipated new movie, The Smashing Machine.

After a long filmmaking partnership, the Safdie brothers have separate films hitting theaters this fall: "The Smashing Machine" and "Marty Supreme."

Both Mark and “The Smashing Machine” rely on charm and appearances to fool their audience, hoping Johnson’s stature will be so imposing that viewers won’t want to look past him and catch a glimpse of rickety, glued-together popsicle sticks the narrative is built on.

Despite its hearty pre-release buzz, the critical consensus for 'The Smashing Machine' is much lower than expected, especially when compared to similar awards hopefuls.