The first movie inspired by the now infamous College Admissions Scandal is 2021’a Dying for a Good Grade from Lifetime. This story starts similarly to the real scandal but then takes a deadly turn as ...

The creators of Bo Burnham’s lauded new indie coming-of-age film, “Eighth Grade,” always knew it would receive an R-rating, that would keep out the very audience members it’s made for: teenagers. The ...

There’s a moment, midway through the low-rent action flick “Kidnap,” in which things come to an abrupt and utter stop (a car has crashed into a tree), and the pause is so long I thought the movie ...

Very few films have ever received the failing grade or, if they have, made a box-office recovery. By Pamela McClintock Senior Film Writer Only a dozen or so movies have been slapped with the failing ...

LOS ANGELES — Actual eighth graders will be able to see the R-rated coming-of-age movie “Eighth Grade” in select movie theaters across the nation Wednesday. The film’s distributor, A24, said Monday ...

There’s a scene in Bo Burnham’s “Eighth Grade” where the main character, Kayla, scores an invite to a pool party thrown by a popular peer and attended by everyone the shy girl wishes she could emulate ...