Yahoo

Dwayne Johnson Uncontrollably Sobs as ‘The Smashing Machine’ Gets 15-Minute Venice Standing Ovation and Generates Oscar Buzz

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Is Dwayne Johnson headed for the Oscars? Judging by the rapturous reaction to his performance as wrestler Mark Kerr in “The ...
FilmBook

The Smashing Machine Review

The Smashing Machine (2025) Film Review from the 50th Annual Toronto International Film Festival, a movie directed and written by Benny Safdie, and starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Lyndsey Gavin, ...
Los Angeles Times

Inside ‘The Smashing Machine’s’ brutal fight scenes

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. If you came out of “The Smashing Machine” thinking “that must have hurt,” it was by design. Director Benny Safdie ...
Deadline.com

Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt On Shooting Venice Title ‘The Smashing Machine’ With Benny Safdie: “The Guardrails Came Off For Us Every Day”

“It’s my first time in Venice,” Dwayne Johnson told the audience this morning as gingerly he entered the room for the official presser for his competition title The Smashing Machine. The veteran WWE ...
Variety

Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt and Benny Safdie’s Underdog ‘The Smashing Machine’: In a Topsy-Turvy Year, Don’t Count Them Out for Oscars Glory

The Rock had won over Christopher Nolan. The comments were widely picked up, in part because they went against conventional wisdom: The screening was on Oct. 5, the Sunday of “The Smashing Machine”’s ...