A24’s version takes a different approach. Director Benny Safdie, in his first solo directorial effort, draws from that documentary while expanding on Kerr’s inner world. Safdie worked closely with ...

The new A24 drama The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson represents more than another sports biopic. It delivers a raw and emotional retelling of one of the most fascinating lives in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Although biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine is based ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The biopic about UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr took a step in the right direction for Oscar contention earlier this week. "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 ...

The biopic about UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr took a step in the right direction for Oscar contention earlier this week. "The Smashing Machine," which stars Dwayne Johnson as Kerr, was one of 10 films ...

Official image from ‘The Smashing Machine’ courtesy of A24. In the universe of World Wrestling Entertainment wrestlers-turned-actors, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (“Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungl‪e‬”) is ...

A popular criticism I’ve heard about “The Smashing Machine” is that it tries too hard to subvert expectations. I assume that this is a reference to the way the film follows mixed martial artist Mark ...

Mark Kerr’s status as a UFC great was cemented on this day in 1997. Kerr enjoyed a legendary mixed martial arts career that is the subject of The Smashing Machine movie, which was released in October ...