“Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is an awkward title. Was Sony afraid the audience wouldn’t know whose biopic this was based on the song title alone, so they tacked on the singer’s name ...

The longer you stare at I Wanna Dance With Somebody, the more you notice its “For Your Consideration: Best Picture” watermark stamped across every scene. It begins in New Jersey in 1983, just before a ...