Doug Atchison’s triumphant Akeelah and the Bee captures the inherent drama of the competition from a fresh new perspective, one that will have you wanting to stand up and cheer by story’s end.

Being that nerdy girl growing up - much more interested in books than whatever else ... So when the movie AKEELAH AND THE BEE came out in 2006, I made a point to see it. I thought that Doug ...

Since her breakthrough role in 2006’s “Akeelah and the Bee,” Palmer has become a multihyphenate machine whose endeavors in entertainment span movies, TV, Broadway, music, books, podcasts and ...

The Bee Season took a more mystical turn as it tried to link a young girl's aptitude for spelling with something almost spiritual. Akeelah and the Bee turns to the streets of Compton for its ...