Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smashing Machine lands in cinemas on Friday, 2 October. (A24) The new movie The Smashing Machine gives Dwayne Johnson his ...

It’s hard to say writer-director Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine is bad. It’s certainly well-made. It also sounds amazing. Most importantly, it features a genuinely outstanding lead performance ...

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See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine, which arrived in theaters last ...

Safdie's sincerely played duet between Johnson as an opioid-addicted MMA fighter and Emily Blunt as his codependent girlfriend sounds in and out of the ring like the stuff of awards fodder. In ...

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With a title like The Smashing Machine, one might expect writer-director Benny Safdie’s first solo-directed feature to be a brutal, grinding sit. The film is based on the 2002 documentary of the same ...

“The Smashing Machine” is a strange one: a bio-drama about the emotional sensitivities of a professional fighter. Starring Dwayne Johnson, no less, and brought to us by writer-director Benny Safdie, ...

Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine, which arrived in theaters last month, was a hit among critics and audiences, and it’s now heading for home release so more people can enjoy the film on demand.