January 15, 2021 at 11:59 am by Avery Herman In a world that, frankly, sucks right now, the film industry has been hit as hard as any mom-and-pop shop, three-star hotel chain or corner cafe. Gone are the halcyon days of buttered popcorn and ludicrously priced 32-oz Coca-Colas, the days of casually tossing 3-D glasses in an oversized trash can, and the days of squabbling with maskless strangers about the volume and brightness settings on their phone. Movie theaters have closed their doors, another casualty of the relentless disease that has robbed us of much of what we used to call âfun.â As we all bid 2020 goodbye and good riddance, we can afford ourselves a certain measure of cautious optimism, canât we? What follows is a comprehensive list of the most anticipated action films, and yes, I have taken extreme liberties with the definition of âaction film.â