The Heroic Trio is a Hong Kong 1993 action film starring three female film stars lead: Michelle Yeoh, Anita Mui, and Maggie Cheung.

It is Hong Kong cinema's answer to flashy superhero films: impressive visuals, non-stop action fights, high stake adventures, evil organization with grandiose plans, and great music.

Most importantly, it focuses on three distinctive action heroines and their messy relationships with each other.
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I have watched Burt Lancaster's films the Killers, Criss Cross , The Crimson Pirate and The Swimmer recently. While Burt Lancaster is a great actor, I am impressed by the acting skills of the lead actresses: Ava Lavinia Gardner, Yvonne De Carlo, Eva Bartok and Janice Rule.

HalfAMoon 2023 is a 14-day celebration of female characters in fandom that runs from February 1 through Valentine's Day. Today's theme is "Both Sides of the Law". This kinds of fit the theme as three of the characters are on the wrong side of the law. Here is a picsam.

In the Killers (1946), Ava Lavinia Gardner (as Kitty Collin) was a magnificent femme fatale.



Criss Cross (1949) is a film noir featuring ill-fated lovers, snarling rivals, and a daring theft. Yvonne De Carlo (as Anna) really sold me as both a femme fatale and someone who wanted her freedom.





Eva Bartok (as Consuelo) was a revolutionary's daughter in The Crimson Pirate (1952), a boisterous and colorful pirate film that inspires Pirates of the Caribbean. She held her own besides Burt Lancaster (as Captain Vallo)




The Swimmer (1968) is a surreal and stylized film that begins with a man spending a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town. (Burt Lancaster spends the whole film only wearing a pair of swimming trunks). Janice Rule (as Shirley Abbott) performed believably as the ex-lover who reveals the reality.

I watched X-Man First Class! Well, Professor X is a privileged well-meaning idealist, Magneto is a badass, the movie can do with less fail, but I 'm satisfied with the slash and the team and the Russians are sympathetic. Over all It's a very good movie.
I find a rec of XMen First Class fic (Warning: One of them's title is ableist.) I also see a lot of misconception in the meme (Yes! People with spinal injury do have sex too.)

Links:
Racebent!Tony Stark (based on the Tony -is-Vietnamese America fic.)
Lois Lane, Girl Reporter
Why the Best Kids Books Are Written in Blood
list of 250 books written by women that all men should read,
Sex Assault Prevention tip: Most important - don't assault people.
Chinese scientists genetically modify dairy cows to produce human breast milk
Diving bell spiders use bubble webs 'like gills'.
The Periodic Table Expands Once Again
Arabian poem translation: Elegy of Love

Challenge:
Announcing Dark Agenda's Kaleidoscope Fanwork Exchange
Ladiesbigbang sign up is open!

Junot Diaz - The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Oscar Wao wants to be a Dominican Tolkien, but more than that he wants love. Unfourtunately there are a lot of obstacles, not least including a family curse. It is story about a Dominican family, of history, love, obsession, and tragedy. It is sometimes sad, but never without a sense of wry humour.

Onmyoji
Set in the Heian period, a time when "humans, ghosts and demons dwelt in the same city, sometimes even under the same roof", it chronicles the exploits of Abe no Seimei, the Onmyoji and his friend Minamoto no Hiromasa. The atmosphere is mesmerising, and I really love the mysterious Seimei and sincere Hiromasa.

"Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology" is an exploration of Asian American history and identity through the medium of superhero comics, of both interests me. It finally arrived at the public library system. I can't wait to get my hands on it.