TORONTO — Few actors are as well-recognized and easily typecast as the affable Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, but in “The ...

“The Smashing Machine” is a strange one: a bio-drama about the emotional sensitivities of a professional fighter. Starring ...

Benny Safdie connected with The Rock very quickly. Safdie is the director, writer, producer, and editor of the Mark Kerr biopic, ‘The Smashing Machine’. The film, which opens in theaters on October 3, ...

In 2001, the WWE wrestler turned actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson made his first film appearance in the action sequel The ...

The Smashing Machine’ is Dwayne Johnson’s attempt at Oscar-level respect as an actor, with director Benny Safdie doing his ...

Benny Safdie's gritty movie about mixed martial artist Mark Kerr and the early days of the UFC is compelling, but "The ...

You only need to see its trailer to know that “The Smashing Machine” is one such film, a vehicle par excellence for Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. the Rock. He’s starred in plenty of movies to date, but ...

For the new film The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie is breaking out on his own, directing his first movie without brother ...

The SCAD Savannah Film Festival has added to the long list of luminaries who will visit the festival this October, The post ...

The actor wants you to forget 'Jumanji' and think of him as Oscar material in this MMA-set drama from director Benny Safdie ...

Benny Safdie recalls the conversations that surrounded The Rock taking part in a real fight for 'The Smashing Machine'.

The marketing for writer-director Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t shy about pushing this mixed martial arts ...