Landman' and 'Promised Land' have obvious similarities, but look at the oil industry from different perspectives.

That's the central question underlying Promised Land ( * * * out of four; rated PG-13; opening Friday nationwide), which pits the decreasing value of acreage against the valuable gases housed beneath.

Matt Damon couldn’t have picked a more controversial backdrop for his latest film if he tried. Promised Land, which he co-wrote with Office regular John Krasinski, dramatizes the debate over fracking, ...

Salesmen are typically depicted in screen drama as the quintessential American phonies. That one set of phonies is being dramatically indicted by actors is an irony that we will leave hanging.

In today's ET to GO: John Krasinski talks about collaborating with Matt Damon on his new small town drama Promised Land.