Date seen: 2005-2015 (I would guess the release date to be late 90’s-2010)
It was a coloured family movie in English, borrowed from a library.
There was a middle school-aged boy who found a time capsule in either a grassy schoolyard or a backyard. It might’ve been buried near a tree and it was metal and cylindrical-shaped. I think he tried to open it and somehow discovered it had time machine properties. I remember one particular scene where he was in a house’s basement trying to get something (no idea what) and there is a long jump cut sequence of him using the capsule to go back in time again and again because he keeps messing up a jump.
Any help is much appreciated!
Project Almanac (2015)? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2436386/
No, it’s definitely older than 2015 and more of a kid’s movie. Thanks anyway!
maybe “Josh Kirby… Time Warrior!”??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby…_Time_Warrior!
No, unfortunately. I don’t remember the main character using the machine to go too far back or forward in time. Maybe only within his lifetime?
Update: My brother found it! Always Will (2006).
Glad you found it and thanks for letting us know!