‘The Smashing Machine’ makes cinematic landfall in Japan

Now fans in Japan can see what all the hype was about. On Friday, “The Smashing Machine” premiered in theaters in Japan. The focus of the biopic, Mark Kerr, spent several years competing at the ...
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Dwayne Johnson plays an MMA fighting legend in 'The Smashing Machine.' Here's everything to know about the real Mark Kerr.

Mark Kerr is the subject of the movie "The Smashing Machine."Tiziana FABI/AFP/Getty One of the most dominant fighters in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) during the late 1990s, Kerr rose ...

First ‘The Smashing Machine’ Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes Signal Massive Shift in The Rock’s Acting Career

The first reviews for Smashing Machine suggest a massive shift in The Rock’s acting career as he reunites with Emily Blunt in the new biopic.
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Dwayne Johnson Explains ‘The Smashing Machine’s Honest, UnHollywood Ending

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Although biographical sports drama The Smashing Machine is based ...
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The Rock, who? How prosthetics helped Dwayne Johnson 'completely disappear' as Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine”

Becoming the Smashing Machine required disguising the Rock. "It was all-consuming," Dwayne Johnson, star of the biopic about MMA fighter Mark Kerr, tells Entertainment Weekly of how big the challenge ...
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'Smashing Machine' on Oscars shortlist for Johnson's Mark Kerr makeup

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The biopic about UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr took a step in the right direction for Oscar contention earlier this week. "The ...
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Dwayne Johnson & Mark Kerr Talk Stone Cold, The Rock’s First WWE Bout & The Smashing Machine

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and UFC legend Mark Kerr sit down for an exclusive Sports Illustrated feature where they re-watch iconic WWE and UFC moments from their careers and re-watch scenes from their ...
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Movie Review: Dwayne Johnson has never been better in 'The Smashing Machine,' but the movie dodges

Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine” isn’t what you think it is, especially if you think it’s a movie about a British guy who thinks his typewriter is the tops. “The Smashing Machine” would seem to ...
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Oscar buzz builds for Dwayne Johnson’s role as Mark Kerr in ‘The Smashing Machine’

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. VENICE, Italy (AP) — Dwayne Johnson takes a ...
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THE SMASHING MACHINE : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Smashing Machine (now streaming on HBO Max, in addition to VOD platforms like Amazon Prime Video) sure seemed engineered to generate Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson some Oscar buzz — but that buzz never ...
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The Rock, who? How prosthetics helped Dwayne Johnson completely disappear as Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine”

Oscar-nominated special makeup effects artist and prosthetic designer Kazu Hiro details Johnson's transformation into MMA artist Mark Kerr. Becoming the Smashing Machine required disguising the Rock. ...