Stories by @dylanemery

Gemini Man (2019)

Henry Brogan is an elite, 51-year-old assassin who’s ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. But his plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who’s trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.

The Meg (2018)

A deep-sea submersible filled with an international research crew lies disabled at the bottom of the Pacific after having been attacked by something previously thought to be extinct. With time running out, expert deep sea rescue diver Jonas Taylor is recruited to save the crew—and the ocean itself—from this unstoppable threat: a pre-historic 75-foot-long shark known as the Megalodon. Now he must risk his own life to save everyone trapped below from the greatest and largest predator of all time!

Red Sparrow (2010s decade)

State intelligence officer Dominika Egorova struggles to survive in the cast-iron bureaucracy of post-Soviet intelligence. Drafted against her will to become a “Sparrow,” a trained seductress in the service, Dominika is assigned to operate against Nathaniel Nash, a first-tour CIA officer who handles the CIA’s most sensitive penetration of Russian intelligence. The two young intelligence officers, trained in their respective spy schools, collide in a charged atmosphere of tradecraft, deception, and, inevitably, a forbidden spiral of carnal attraction that threatens their careers and the security of America’s most valuable mole in Moscow. Seeking revenge against her soulless masters, Dominika begins a fateful double life, recruited by the CIA to ferret out a high-level traitor in Washington; hunt down a Russian illegal buried deep in the US military and, against all odds, to return to Moscow as the new-generation penetration of Putin’s intelligence service.

Hellboy: The Crooked Man (2010s decade)

In the 1950s, while trying and failing to escort a captured creature to its destination, Hellboy gets stranded in rural Appalachia. There, he discovers a small community haunted by witches, led by a local devil with a troubling connection to Hellboy’s past: the Crooked Man.

Batman Forever (1995)

The Caped Crusader woos a criminal psychologist, takes on a sidekick and battles The Penguin and The Riddler.

Batman Returns (1992)

The Caped Crusader has been pitted against his most fiendish opponents yet: the dubiously evil Two-Face and the sinuous and mysterious Catwoman.

Disney's Alice in Wonderland (2010s decade)

Alice, now 19 years old, returns to the whimsical world she first entered as a child and embarks on a journey to discover her true identity.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010s decade)

Set in the mystical lands of Persia, a rogue prince and a mysterious princess race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time—a gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.

Mufasa: The Lion King (2024)

Rafiki relays the legend of Mufasa to young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala. Told in flashbacks, the story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka—the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destiny—their bonds will be tested as they work together to evade a threatening and deadly foe.

Super Mario Bros. (2020s decade)

Magically teleported from Brooklyn to the Mushroom Kingdom, two plucky plumbers team up with a princess to battle a tyrannical fire-breathing dragon/turtle hybrid.

Nine (1990s decade)

Guido Contini, an Italian film director facing a midlife crisis in the wake of his upcoming birthday, starts having trouble indulging his creative and emotional impulses as he reminiscences about the many women from important periods in his life. As the line between reality and fantasy starts to blur, Guido must figure out what to do if he wants to make his next movie plus putting his life back together if it means figuring out his ultimate fate and if it was overall worth it.

Total Recall (2012)

Douglas Quail, a downtrodden office clerk with a wilting marriage on the cracks, visits a medical facility which promises to implant fake memories about visiting Mars in his head. However, the procedure goes horribly wrong and Quail becomes a hunted man upon recovering his former memories as a secret agent with fatal information in mind. The fate of the world hangs in balance as Quail's grip on fantasy and reality starts to fade, leading him to question if his actions will matter in the end once all is revealed...or not.

X3 (2006)

A "cure" for mutancy threatens to alter the course of history. For the first time, mutants have a choice: retain their uniqueness, though it isolates and alienates them, or give up their powers and become human. The opposing viewpoints of mutant leaders Charles Xavier, who preaches tolerance, and Magneto, who believes in the survival of the fittest, are put to the ultimate test--triggering war to end all wars.

Bumblebee (2018)

On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives him, she quickly learns this is no ordinary, yellow VW bug.

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Set in the 1990s, a new faction of Transformers - the Maximals - join the Autobots as allies in their battle for Earth against the merciless Terrorcons.

Blue Beetle (2020s decade)

An alien relic chooses Jaime Reyes to be its symbiotic host, bestowing the teenager with a suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)

Four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was overrun by dinosaurs, something active on Isla Nublar is threatening to wipe out the entire island population to an extinction-level catastrophe. Now, a select group of humans mount an expedition to either study or protect the creatures at all costs, until they uncover a conspiracy that could return our entire planet to a perilous order not seen since prehistoric times.

West Side Story (2020s decade)

Set in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City during the mid-1950s, two youngsters fall in love in the midst of a rivalry between their respective street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. This romance goes from escalating tension between their friends and family to tragedy as the star-crossed lovers try to stay together with their lovestruck chemistry blossoming with every encounter, even when it gets to the point where their well-meaning actions results in dire consequences.

Thunderbolts (2020s decade)

A group of supervillains are recruited to go on missions for the government.

Constantine (2005)

John Constantine, a working-class man of questionable morality who dabbles in the world of the occult, teams up with a female police officer to fight evil forces.