Review: Judas and the Black Messiah, Barb & Star go to Vista del Mar, To All the Boys: Always and Forever, and Dead Pigs

Judas and the Black Messiah gives a skillful lesson for Black History Month. Barb & Star Go to Vista del Mar is the right brand of weird (for some). To All The Boys: Always and Forever stretches their characters too thin. Finally Cathy Yan’s Dead Pigs is finally available in the US (just in time for Chinese New Year!)

More about Judas and the Black Messiah:

FBI informant William O’Neal (LaKeith Stanfield) infiltrates the Illinois Black Panther Party and is tasked with keeping tabs on their charismatic leader, Chairman Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya). A career thief, O’Neal revels in the danger of manipulating both his comrades and his handler, Special Agent Roy Mitchell (Jesse Plemons). Hampton’s political prowess grows just as he’s falling in love with fellow revolutionary Deborah Johnson (Dominique Fishback). Meanwhile, a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul. Will he align with the forces of good? Or subdue Hampton and The Panthers by any means, as FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover (Martin Sheen) commands?

More about Barb & Star go to Vista del Mar:

Take a trip and break out of your shell with Barb and Star. From the gals who brought you Bridesmaids (co-stars and co-writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo) comes BARB & STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR. Lifelong friends Barb and Star embark on the adventure of a lifetime when they decide to leave their small Midwestern town for the first time…ever. Romance, friendship and a villain’s evil plot…Hold onto your culottes.

More about To All the Boys: Always and Forever:

As Lara Jean Covey prepares for the end of high school and the start of adulthood, a pair of life-changing trips lead her to reimagine what life with her family, friends, and Peter will look like after graduation. Starring: Lana Condor, Noah Centino

More about Dead Pigs:

In 2013, thousands of dead pigs were found floating down the river near Shanghai, but this is only the underlying story to five individuals as officials and reporters try to uncover the cause.

Starring: Vivian Wu, Haoyu Yang, Mason Lee, David Rysdahl, Li Meng and Zazie Beetz