Bas Rutten recently opened up about playing himself in The Smashing Machine. For many, it might seem like a surreal experience. However, Rutten said stepping into the role wasn’t too difficult. The ...

Bas Rutten recently spoke about The Smashing Machine and its potential impact on how MMA pioneers are perceived by the public. The film tells the true story of UFC legend Mark Kerr. Kerr’s rise, ...

Bas Rutten (far left) appears as himself in “The Smashing Machine.” | 📷: Eric Charbonneau/A24/Getty Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson by all accounts poured himself into playing Mark Kerr, the two-time ...

Bas Rutten recently shared why he turned down an offer from WWE. The UFC legend is well known for his charismatic personality, a valuable trait in pro wrestling. Rutten, 60, once held the King of ...

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, ...

It’s clobbering time for The Rock in The Smashing Machine, the new biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, which opens in theaters this weekend. There’s no one better to play a ...

"The Smashing Machine" tells the real life story of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr. The biopic, which was released on Oct 3, stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Kerr and Emily Blunt as Kerr's ...

Only two kinds of actors are bad: those who can’t be themselves and those who you wish wouldn’t be. All the rest are likely to shine in movies by good directors, and most actors whose reputations aren ...

The Rock’s latest Hollywood project, The Smashing Machine, will hit theaters on October 3, 2025. Based on the journey of MMA star Mark Kerr, the film witnesses his journey and the hardships he faced ...

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 ...

Johnson stars in the new movie as MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Dwayne Johnson is opening up about his transformation in the upcoming A24 film "The Smashing Machine." Johnson portrays mixed martial ...

TORONTO — Few actors are as well-recognized and easily typecast as the affable Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, but in “The Smashing Machine” from director Benny Safdie, Johnson disappears into his most ...