VENICE, ITALY - SEPTEMBER 01: (L-R) Andrea Romeo, Mark Kerr, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Benny Safdie, David Koplan and Hiram Garcia attend "The Smashing Machine" red carpet during the 82nd Venice ...

Several already-launched hopefuls sought to continue their positive trajectories, or rewrite their narratives, in Toronto.

If anyone has high praise for Dwayne Johnson’s performance in The Smashing Machine, it’s acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan. On The Director’s Cut, the Directors Guild of America’s podcast (via ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although fans were left contemplating their loss of nomination, The Smashing Machine instead gained an Oscar nomination, which ...

Mark Kerr is the subject of the movie "The Smashing Machine."Tiziana FABI/AFP/Getty One of the most dominant fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) during the late 1990s, Kerr rose ...

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“Winning is the best thing in the world,” Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) narrates in the opening scene of “The Smashing Machine,” after brutally smashing in his opponent’s face to take home a mixed ...

"I think it's an incredible performance. I don't think you'll see a better performance this year or most other years." He also heaped praise on Safdie: "Congratulations on the movie. It's a really ...

In The Smashing Machine, he delivers a performance full of pain, heartbreak, passion, resilience, and tenacity as Mark Kerr, an MMA fighter who became a pioneer in the world of UFC. Behind the scenes, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Just like the odds being stacked against Johnson’s character in The Smashing Machine, the ...

The Smashing Machine (now streaming on HBO Max, in addition to VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) sure seemed engineered to generate Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson some Oscar buzz — but that buzz never ...

Audiences will get a second chance to see Dwayne Johnson‘s most dramatic transformation of his career when “The Smashing Machine” lands on HBO Max on Jan. 23. Helmed by Benny Safdie, “The Smashing ...