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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The trailer for Universal and Radio Silence's monster horror movie Abigail pits a group of would-be criminals against a ballet-loving young vampire. Good stuff!
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The trailer for Prime Video's Mr. and Mrs. Smith series promises a fresh spin on the original film, with Donald Glover and Maya Erskine leading the way.
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Like the famous oner from Daredevil season 1, Marvel's Echo features a single-take action scene that's highly effective in the way it serves the story.
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Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss have left Westeros behind them for now, House of the Dragon included.
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David Jenkins' acclaimed queer pirate comedy series Our Flag Means Death has been canceled after two seasons on Max.
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Echo might just be the thing the Marvel Cinematic Universe desperately needs right now: something truly different.
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Ahsoka season 2 is officially in the works, with newly-minted Lucasfilm chief creative officer Dave Filoni once again overseeing things.
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Tom Cruise and Vin Diesel are both big movie stars who have managed to project the image of sexiness without actually being sexy onscreen.
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Napoleon is heading to digital before its streaming premiere on Apple TV+, but what about Ridley Scott's director's cut?
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The Marvels is heading to digital, 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, and DVD, with a bounty of special behind-the-scenes features.
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What do a Viking, Ivana Trump, and Hannah Burley on Bones have in common? They've all been played by Katheryn Winnick.
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Vin Diesel and Paul Walker took their research for The Fast and the Furious perhaps a little too seriously.
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Most of the terrible stuff that befell Xander (Nicholas Brendon) on Buffy the Vampire Slayer were the consequences of his own actions, with one big exception.
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Behind the scenes, one moment in Saltburn had cinematographer Linus Sandgren squealing 'like a little girl.' You know which one.
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Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire will finally give us Adam Wingard's (pink) version of the King of the Monsters.
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Now that Steamboat Willie is in the public domain, it's (sort of) open season on movies and games about killer versions of Mickey Mouse.
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Zooey Deschanel was far from the only person related to a member of the Bones cast and crew to show up on the series.
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Are you ready to ride that pony? Here is the ideal order to watch the Magic Mike movies and other installments in the Magic Mike universe.
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Bones came dangerously close to concluding on a cliffhanger when the show's fate was temporarily up in the air at the end of season 11.
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It was David Boreanaz who pushed for the Bones series finale to call back to Booth's original X-Files joke from the series' pilot.
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Lucille Ball was a fan of Cheers pretty early on and even came close to playing Diane's mom on the classic sitcom.
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Jim Henson quietly helped Steven Spielberg out with a malfunctioning E.T. animatronic during production on E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
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Let's dive into Sam Esmail's unorthodox apocalyptic thriller Leave the World Behind and what it's even going for with its ambiguous ending.
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While Bones had a memorable crossover with Sleepy Hollow, it nearly crossed paths with a very different Fox crime series during its run.
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Jon Favreau was game to join Marvel's What If...? so long as season 2 drew from a lesser-known comics storyline involving his character, Happy Hogan.
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Nandor, Guillermo, and the rest of the gang will hang it up for good after What We Do in the Shadows airs its sixth and final season next year.
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Now that Marvel Studios and Jonathan Majors have officially parted ways, how should the Marvel Cinematic Universes move forward? Here are some possibilities.