When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. It’s easy to assume that winning a spelling bee is all about studying and memorizing hard ...

That seemingly inexhaustible new movie subgenre, the spelling bee drama, receives its most conventionally uplifting treatment yet in "Akeelah and the Bee." Framed around the relationship between ...

As "Akeelah and the Bee" opens, Akeelah Anderson is on her way to school, part of South L.A.'s understaffed, underfunded public school district.

With emotional gaps being filled and a competition to spur things along, Akeelah and the Bee will no doubt be lumped in with all those other “feel good” movies out there. But Akeelah manag ...

Word lovers and schmaltz lovers alike will find much to adore about “Akeelah and the Bee,” a sweet little lollipop of a human-interest drama in which a child’s greatest athletic ecstasy can ...

Akeelah, an 11-year-old girl living in South Los Angeles, discovers she has a talent for spelling, which she hopes will take her to the National Spelling Bee. Saturday Night at the Movies is ...

No, she doesn’t have a photographic memory, nor is she channeling the occult, as the heroine of “Bee Season” does. She’s just a good speller. The story of Akeelah’s ascent to the finals of the ...

Based on the screenplay by Doug Atchison and adapted for the stage by Cheryl L. West, “Akeelah and the Bee” retains much of the rawness and vibrancy of its South Side Chicago setting. Without ...

It’s easy to assume that winning a spelling bee is all about studying and memorizing hard words, their definitions, and their language of origin. But because Akeelah was representing her low ...

I n honor of Black History Month, I’ve got to say that Akeelah and the Bee is one of my favorite movies to watch during this time. Not only is it one of Keke Palmer’s best movies, but it ...