Sandy Schaefer
Expertise
Star Wars, Animation, Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Sandy has seen the Ewok movies multiple times and can tell you why they're Good, Actually.
- Sandy keeps replicas of Gonzo the Great and the Crystal of Truth on their work desk.
- One time they passed by George R.R. Martin in a hallway (he was short).
Experience
Sandy has worked as a professional writer and editor since the late 2000s. They got their start writing about film history for Examiner before becoming a staff writer and, eventually, an editor at Screen Rant in 2010. Sandy has also written about comic books, films, and television at Comic Book Resources. They joined /Film in 2021.
Education
Sandy holds a B.S. in Mathematics and a B.S. in Anthropology from the University of Utah. They also studied film and media while writing for the Arts and Entertainment section of The Daily Utah Chronicle.
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Stories By Sandy Schaefer
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Christopher Lloyd might not be the spitting image of Uncle Fester from the Addams Family comics, but he can sure play the role like nobody's business.
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There's plenty to watch at home on Netflix next month, even as the 2024 blockbuster summer movie season begins.
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One of 2023's best films, Past Lives, has multiple connections to Luca Guadagnino's romantic drama Challengers (including one you definitely didn't know about).
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It's true: the infamous Star Wars movie Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and the classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special share a key element.
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Netflix and host Kevin Hart are throwing out the Brady Rule for their live comedy event, The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady.
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Get ready for the darker side of Channing Tatum with the trailer for Zoë Kravitz's feature directing debut, the horror-thriller Blink Twice.
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James Franco's Will Rodman was the co-protagonist of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, but what happened to him in the sequels? Here's what we know.
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Had Rod Serling gotten his way, he would've continued to tell 'stories of the weird, the wild, and the wondrous' in the Twilight Zone sequel series Wax Museum.
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Somehow, Jon Bernthal managed to make The Bear's most stressful episode yet, season 2's 'Fishes,' even more so with some improvisation.
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Harry Potter actor David Bradley had a hard time escaping Argus Filch's shadow when he worked on Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger.
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Even before a single episode of All in the Family had aired, Sally Struthers had already yelled herself hoarse at her onscreen family's antics.
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Adam Sandler has several well-reviewed films on Rotten Tomatoes, but he's also made some real stinkers, including his first-ever original comedy for Netflix.
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Bones got to show off her terrible dance moves in the season 8 episode 'The Diamond in the Rough,' and Emily Deschanel fully committed to the bit.
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Star Wars: The Clone Wars showrunner Dave Filoni pointed Matt Lanter in the right direction when it came to voicing Anakin Skywalker on the series.
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Could inspirational true-story Disney dramas be on the verge of a comeback? It's possible, judging by the Daisy Ridley-led trailer for Young Woman and the Sea.
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Paramount confirmed its next Star Trek movie at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, with Toby Haynes directing what may be a prequel to the Kelvin Universe trilogy.
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Eli Roth was on-hand at CinemaCon to present brand-new footage from his slow-developing Borderlands video game movie adaptation. Here's what we saw.
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Civil War director Alex Garland recruited a real-life Navy SEAL to bring a greater sense of authenticity to one of the movie's most intense sequences.
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Ishana Night Shyamalan, daughter of M. Night, tries her hand at directing a creepy thriller with The Watchers. Here's what we saw from the film at CinemaCon.
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Kevin Costner is heading back to the Old West with Horizon: An American Saga, and we were on hand to check out some new footage at CinemaCon.
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Rebecca Henderson is starring in Star Wars: The Acolyte as Vernestra Rwoh, a Jedi who's appeared as a much younger character in the High Republic novels.
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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe's Disney+ shows have been all over the place, Ms. Marvel is currently the highest-ranked MCU project on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Most of the All in the Family cast and crew were ready to call it a day after season 8, but Caroll O'Connor felt otherwise.
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Scheduling conflicts led to Vincent (Ryan Cartwright) getting killed in Bones season 6, as much as the show's producers did their best to avoid it.
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Much like Star Trek's Betazoids, Star Wars has its own hedonistic alien race known as the Zeltrons, and we've got a breakdown of everything you need to know.
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Steven Spielberg might've never directed Jaws had another filmmaker not irked the original book's author, Peter Benchley, during their first meeting.
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When Bones homaged Golden Age Hollywood in its 200th episode (including Alfred Hitchcock's work), the opening credits proved to be an unexpected challenge.