The Odd Life of Timothy Green (movie)

Jennifer Garner's 'Butter' melts with dismal $785 per-theater

2012-10-07 13:22:00

While Ben Affleck's upcoming film "Argo" is already generating Oscar buzz, wife Jennifer Garner has another flop on her hands with "Butter." The satirical comedy, which stars Garner as a Michele Bachmann-esque butter carver, debuted in 90 theaters this...

'Resident Evil: Retribution' sinks 3-D version of 'Finding Nemo'

2012-09-16 09:03:00

A 3-D version of “Finding Nemo” was expected to dominate the box office upon its debut, but the animated film sank to the runner-up position at the multiplex this weekend. Instead, “Resident Evil: Retribution,” the fifth...

'Words' can't express on the slowest movie weekend since 2001

2012-09-09 09:35:00

Not even the Sexiest Man Alive could lure moviegoers to the box office this weekend. On the the slowest weekend at the multiplex thus far this year, "The Words," a new film starring Bradley Cooper -- deemed by People magazine to be the most attractive...

'The Possession' is No. 1; 'Oogieloves' posts worst opening ever

2012-09-03 09:15:00

"The Possession" took ownership of the No. 1 spot at the box office this Labor Day weekend, but there was no love for "The Oogieloves." The horror flick produced by Sam Raimi did stronger-than-expected business, grossing a solid $21.3 million over the...

Anti-Obama documentary does surprisingly well on slow weekend

2012-08-26 09:06:00

With the Republican National Convention set to kick off this week, an anti-Obama documentary did surprisingly well at the box office on one of the slowest moviegoing weekends of the year. The No. 1 film was still "The Expendables 2," which claimed the...

'Expendables 2' beats out 'ParaNorman,' 'Sparkle,' 'Timothy Green'

2012-08-19 08:52:00

"The Expendables 2"�may have knocked out the competition at the box office this weekend, but it didn't pack as much of a punch as Hollywood was expecting. The sequel featuring a gang of muscular action stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone...

Acad OKs 75 for original song race: 'Django' enters four tunes for Oscars

2012-12-11 16:30:05

AMPAS has declared 75 songs eligible for the original song Oscar at the next Academy Awards. The candidates include four songs from Quentin Tarantino's "Django Unchained." Other movies with multiple contenders are "Brave," "Brooklyn Brothers Beat the...

'Odd Life of Timothy Green' a tale of a little green sprout ★★ 1/2

2012-08-14 09:16:00

"The Odd Life of Timothy Green" is odd indeed. It comes from writer-director Peter Hedges of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape?" and other pictures, and in pleasing ways as well as some dubious ones, Hedges ranges all over the place in his expansion of a story...

'The Odd Life of Timothy Green'

2012-11-02 11:35:00

Odd, indeed - and also somewhat magical - is the life of the title character in this Disney-studio drama, a youngster (CJ Adams) who appears to have grown out of the garden planted by a couple (Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton) unable to conceive a child....

Odeya Rush on how being different is beautiful

2012-11-20 12:04:00

Like her character, Joni Jerome, in Disney’s “The Odd Life of Timothy Green,” out on DVD and Blu-ray Dec. 4, Odeya Rush is wise, unique and insightful. She was born in Israel and moved to the United States when she was 9 years old. The...

'Walking Dead' will live it up at Universal's Halloween Horror Nights

2012-09-13 04:35:00

Universal's Halloween Horror Nights and "The Walking Dead" go together like blood and guts. The AMC television series, which follows the experiences of a deputy sheriff during a zombie apocalypse, will be the subject of one of Universal Studios'...

Movie showtimes for Oct. 12 to 14

2012-10-11 05:55:00

For Friday through Sunday Movie times listed are those provided as of noon Wednesday and may be revised by theaters at any time. MARYLAND LEITERSBURG CINEMAS 20145 Leitersburg Pike, Hagerstown • 240-329-2093 www.leitersburgcinemas.com Argo (R)...

'The Odd Life of Timothy Green'

2012-08-21 16:04:00

The best thing about this insulting, disingenuous adoption story is that writer-director Peter Hedges' father emailed me to assert that his son is "a conscientious and successful professional as well as a good father and husband and son." I'm sure he is.

2012-08-15 00:00:00