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Dwayne Johnson is Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine trailer

April 29, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

A24 has shared the first trailer and a poster for The Smashing Machine, the biographical sports drama from writer-director Benny Safdie which sees Dwayne Johnson swapping the squared circle for the octagon to play UFC fighter Mark Kerr. Check them out below… Joining Dwayne Johnson in the cast are Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Ryan […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, the smashing machine

Adam Sandler is back on the golf course in Happy Gilmore 2 trailer

March 18, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

Netflix has shared a new teaser trailer and images for the long-awaited sequel Happy Gilmore 2 which sees Adam Sandler reprise his role as the failed hockey player turned unorthodox golfer from the 1996 comedy. Happy Gilmore 2 is directed by Kyle Newacheck (What We Do in the Shadows) and sees Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Top Stories, Trailers Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Bad Bunny, ben stiller, Benny Safdie, Blake Clark, Christopher McDonald, Dennis Dugan, Happy Gilmore 2, John Daly, Julie Bowen, Kyle Newacheck, Margaret Qualley, maxwell jacob friedman, netflix, Nick Swardson, Paige Spiranic, Sadie Sandler, Scott Mescudi, Sunny Sandler, travis kelce

Emily Blunt to reunite with Dwayne Johnson in Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine

February 27, 2024 by Matt Rodgers

Emily Blunt is set to reunite with her Jungle Cruise co-star Dwayne Johnson for Benny Safdie’s MMA drama The Smashing Machine. According to The Insneider the Academy Award nominated actor is in talks for the A24 drama, which will focus on the life of the legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr. As well as being a reunion with […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: A24, Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, the smashing machine

Dwayne Johnson goes A24 for Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine

December 14, 2023 by EJ Moreno

Are we entering the Dwayne Johnson arthouse era? News broke this week that Johnson is set to star and produce in a new A24 film from filmmaker Benny Safdie. The film is titled The Smashing Machine and will look at the legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Safdie also wrote the script, producing with Johnson and […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Movies, News Tagged With: A24, Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, the smashing machine

New trailer for The Curse starring Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie

October 31, 2023 by Amie Cranswick

Ahead of its premiere next month, Showtime has released a new teaser for the genre-bending series The Curse which introduces us to its house-flipping, reality show hosting couple the Siegels (Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder); watch it below… The Curse is a genre-bending SHOWTIME® series that explores how an alleged curse disturbs the relationship of […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: Benny Safdie, Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder, Showtime, The Curse

Nothing makes sense for Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie in the trailer for The Curse

October 13, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Showtime and A24 have dropped the first official trailer for their ambitious new series The Curse, which stars Academy Award winner Emma Stone (La La Land) and Nathan Fielder (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) as a reality-show hosting couple who have a curse put upon them by a young girl while flipping their latest house.  […]

Filed Under: News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: A24, Benny Safdie, Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder, Showtime, The Curse

The Curse teaser hints that things are going to get weird for Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder

September 27, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Showtime and A24 have dropped a strange first look teaser for their genre-defying new series The Curse, which stars Academy Award winner Emma Stone (Poor Things) and Nathan Fielder (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On) as a reality-show hosting couple who are faced with a mysterious curse while flipping their latest house.  The Curse also […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, News, Television, Trailers Tagged With: A24, Benny Safdie, Emma Stone, Nathan Fielder, Showtime, The Curse

Movie Review – Oppenheimer (2023)

July 21, 2023 by Robert Kojder

Oppenheimer, 2023. Written and Directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Benny Safdie, Michael Angarano, Josh Hartnett, Rami Malek, Kenneth Branagh, Dane DeHaan, Dylan Arnold, David Krumholtz, Alden Ehrenreich, Matthew Modine, Gary Oldman, Alex Wolff, Casey Affleck, Jack Quaid, Emma Dumont, Matthias Schweighöfer, David Dastmalchian, Olli […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Alden Ehrenreich, Alex Wolff, Benny Safdie, Casey Affleck, Christopher Denham, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dane DeHaan, Danny Deferrari, David Dastmalchian, David Krumholtz, David Rysdahl, David Strathairn, Devon Bostick, Dylan Arnold, Emily Blunt, Emma Dumont, Flora Nolan, Florence Pugh, Gary Oldman, Gregory Jbara, Gustaf Skarsgard, Guy Burnet, Harrison Gilbertson, Jack Quaid, James D'Arcy, James Remar, Jason Clarke, Jefferson Hall, Josh Hartnett, Josh Peck, Josh Zuckerman, Kenneth Branagh, Louise Lombard, Máté Haumann, Matt Damon, Matthew Modine, Matthias Schweighöfer, Michael Angarano, Olivia Thirlby, Olli Haaskivi, Oppenheimer, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., Scott Grimes, Tom Conti, Tom Jenkins, Tony Goldwyn, Trond Fausa Aurvåg

Movie Review – Stars at Noon (2022)

June 8, 2023 by Robert Kojder

Stars at Noon, 2022. Directed by Claire Denis. Starring Margaret Qualley, Joe Alwyn, Benny Safdie, John C. Reilly, Danny Ramirez, Nick Romano, Robin Durán, Stephan Proaño, Héctor Moreno, Sebastian Donoso, and Monica Bartholomew. SYNOPSIS: In present-day Nicaragua, a headstrong American journalist and a mysterious English businessman strike up a romance as they become embroiled in […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Benny Safdie, Claire Denis, Danny Ramirez, Héctor Moreno, Joe Alwyn, John C. Reilly, Margaret Qualley, Monica Bartholomew, Nick Romano, Robin Durán, Sebastian Donoso, Stars at Noon, Stephan Proaño

IMAX teaser takes us behind the scenes of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

June 1, 2023 by Matt Rodgers

Universal Pictures has shared a brand new poster and IMAX teaser for Oppenheimer, which showcases why the big-screen format is so important to writer-director Christopher Nolan in order to tell the story of J. Robert Oppenheimer. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Alden Ehrenreich, Benny Safdie, Casey Affleck, Christopher Denham, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Dane DeHaan, Danny Deferrari, David Dastmalchian, David Krumholtz, Devon Bostick, Dylan Arnold, Emily Blunt, Emma Dumont, Florence Pugh, Gary Oldman, Guy Burnet, Harrison Gilbertson, Jack Quaid, James D'Arcy, Jason Clarke, Josh Hartnett, Josh Zuckerman, Matt Damon, Matthew Modine, Matthias Schweighöfer, Michael Angarano, Olli Haaskivi, Oppenheimer, Rami Malek, Robert Downey Jr., Trond Fausa

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