Monday Afternoon @ the Movies - "The Promised Land"
(2013) Starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski. Steve Butler, an ambitious salesperson for a natural gas corporation, has no doubt his persuasive skills will convince a small Pennsylvania town to allow hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in their backyards. But when an environmental activist tries to stop Butler's efforts--and woos a local teacher that Butler feels attracted to--Butler's confidence starts to unravel. Rated R; 107 minutes.