Taylor Swift, George Orwell and Dwayne Johnson are in movie theaters. Take your pick
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An action star makes his Oscar bid in a skull-cracking biopic, and a pop star makes her album publicity bid with a music video reveal. Elsewhere, cinemas host a trio of triumphant returns — the re-release of an epic fantasy that's among the biggest box office hits ever; the emergence from retirement of one of the great actors of our age; and the freshly resurfaced pronouncements of a long-dead dystopian author with much to say about the world we find ourselves in today.
Here's what you'll find in theaters this weekend.
The Smashing Machine
In theaters Friday
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With biceps and pecs bulging like balloons, pioneering Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and mixed martial arts champ Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) appears all but invincible in the ring, but turns oddly fragile and uncertain when he steps out of it. Benny Safdie's intriguing biopic joins the former college wrestler as he's making his MMA debut in Brazil in 19
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