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Whitewashing or reclaiming? A new Whitney Houston biopic spotlights musical highs over personal lows

The new Whitney Houston biopic climaxes with a detailed reenactment of the pop superstar's show-stopping performance at the 1994 American Music Awards.

Los Angeles Times

Review: Naomi Ackie dazzles as Whitney Houston in 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody'

Clive Davis is both the producer behind "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody" and the second biggest character, and you'll never guess who's depicted as the hero of the movie.

Tribune News Service

Review: ‘Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody’ is a well-acted biopic about not just a voice, but The Voice

Mostly, almost entirely, it is not British actor Naomi Ackie’s singing voice you hear as Whitney Houston in the smooth, enjoyable new biopic “Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody.”

Chicago Tribune

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‘Whitney Houston’ biopic gives good love to the troubled singer

Naomi Ackie seems to channel the pop star in a film that doesn’t dig too deep but consistently entertains.

Chicago Sun-Times

Review: Clumsy Whitney Houston Biopic Mars Its Star’s Skill

Whitney Houston’s voice was one of a kind and the creative team behind a new big-budget biopic of the singer had no choice but to agree. Naomi Ackie, who plays Houston in “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” turns in a fierce performance but is asked to lip-sync throughout to Houston…

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Movie review: 'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody' biopic hits a flat note

When remembering the iconic life and career of Whitney Houston, there are many defining moments that instantly spring to mind: when she obliterated the “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Super Bowl, thereby rendering all other versions subpar, her soaring rendition of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You” from “The…

Tribune News Service

I Wanna Dance with Somebody review: The first authorised biopic turns Whitney Houston into a product

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ screenwriter Anthony McCarten strips a miraculous talent of her messy, beautiful humanity

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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody movie review – budding superstar Naomi Ackie nails it

The Walthamstow actress shines in this biopic that follows the musical icon from her teenage years to the end of her life

Evening Standard

I Wanna Dance With Somebody review – smooth Whitney Houston biopic

Naomi Ackie is excellent in the title role and the film delivers all the singer’s big hits, but it swerves the difficult questions

The Guardian - UK

Who is Naomi Ackie, the actress playing Whitney Houston in a new biopic?

Ackie plays one of the most successful recording artists of all time alongside Stanley Tucci

Evening Standard

'Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody' film a tricky balancing act for its star and director

Talk about counterintuitive!

Tribune News Service

Rwanda plan is legal but may still not fly, says Labour’s Emily Thornberry

Labour’s Emily Thornberry has questioned whether Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda relocation policy for migrants will actually go ahead, despite being given the green light by the High Court yesterday.

Evening Standard

To play Whitney Houston, British actor focuses on what was going on inside

Naomi Ackie, far from a lookalike of the late pop singer, says ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody” is a study ‘on the essence of Whitney.’

Chicago Sun-Times

Q&A: Naomi Ackie, Kasi Lemmons tell Whitney Houston’s story

Naomi Ackie, who plays Whitney Houston in the new biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” is the first to admit she is not a doppelganger for the pop star

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The Guardian - UK

I will always love you: why Whitney Houston’s legacy lives on 10 years after her death

With a new biopic, a branded makeup range and her place at the V&A next summer, the late US singer is being discovered by a whole new generation of fans

Inverse

'Mickey 17' release date, cast, trailer, and plot for Bong Joon-ho's sci-fi film

The sci-fi movie is a book-to-screen adaptation of the novel "Mickey7" by Edward Ashton.

The Guardian - UK

The Guide #62: The best music, TV and film still to come in 2022

In this week’s newsletter: From SZA to I Hate Suzie Too – though we may be a month from Christmas the culture calendar isn’t empty just yet

Chicago Sun-Times

Holiday Movie Preview 2022: Our 12 films of Christmas

These promising titles will take audiences to 19th century West Point, 1920s Hollywood, the distant moon Pandora and beyond.

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Los Angeles Times

First 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' trailer tracks Whitney Houston's rise to fame

Actor Naomi Ackie captures singer Whitney Houston's rise to fame and ups and downs in the newly released trailer for the upcoming biopic "I Wanna Dance With Somebody."

The Independent UK

‘That’s scary’: Whitney Houston fans praise Naomi Ackie’s similarity to star in biopic trailer

British actor Ackie stars as the late singer in the forthcoming film ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody’

Salon

Johnny Flynn on his musical crime noir

Will Poulter and Naomi Ackie sing "Brown Trout Blues," a romantic song that Flynn's wife hates

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