Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson transforms into MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie's A24 biopic "The Smashing Machine," releasing this fall.

Prosthetic makeup designer Kazu Hiro details his process, right down to learning the actors’ sweat patterns and using seven ...

With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” director Benny Safdie and Hollywood megastar Dwayne Johnson want audiences to experience the world of a mixed martial arts fighter through their eyes.

True to its name, The Smashing Machine is an exercise in brutality, full of crashes, fights and collisions leaving shards, both orthopedic and emotional. The 2002 documentary tour de force chronicles ...

After Smashing Machine‘s 15 1/2-minute standing ovation at Venice, which brought Dwayne Johnson to tears, the wrestler-turned ...

Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson is generating major award buzz for his performance in the upcoming A24 biopic, The Smashing Machine, which opens in theaters on Oct. 3. Johnson transforms into mixed martial ...

This article contains spoilers for The Smashing Machine. The Smashing Machine's most important critic is the man who inspired it all. And legendary mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr tells ...

The actor also shares which films served as inspiration for Benny Safdie's wrestling drama.

If the film earns awards consideration in no other categories, “The Smashing Machine” should at least get a nod or two for wardrobe. The late 1990s and early 2000s were a hell of a time for men’s ...

At the very end of The Smashing Machine, the audience gets to see the real Mark Kerr. In the preceding 115 minutes (give or take), Kerr is portrayed by Dwayne Johnson as we follow the former UFC ...

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Minor spoiler alert! We're discussing plot points from "The Smashing Machine" (in theaters now), so be warned if you want to go in completely cold. With the new sports drama “The Smashing Machine,” ...