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Hypable Movie Review: ‘Promised Land’

When tackling such a tough political and environmental issue as fracking, it can be difficult for a film to avoid going overboard with its message. Promised Land does a solid job of staying subtle on its obvious stance on fracking for the majority of the film, only to succumb to a series of narrative decisions that sabotages the solid work preceding it.

Trailer and poster for ‘Promised Land’ revealed

The first trailer and poster have been released for Gus Van Sant’s (Good Will Hunting) upcoming film Promised Land, written by and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski based on a story by Dave Eggers.

Weekly Movie Bits Roundup: ‘Paranormal Activity 4,’ Emma Stone, ‘World War Z,’ and more

Introducing a new feature on Hypable, where we do a post of the smaller bits of news from the movie world that didn’t make it into their own news posts, all in one convenient roundup! This week, an update on the Paranormal Activity 4 directors, Emma Stone (The Help) gets cast in a new role, Paramount wants a trilogy made out of the Brad Pitt-starring zombie film World War Z, and much more.