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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Scott Calvin and his family are back for another adventure at the North Pole in The Santa Clauses season 2. Here's everything we know about this season so far.
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Is it a pirate's life for you? Here's the correct order to watch the Pirates of the Caribbean movies — and which ones you can potentially skip.
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Clint Eastwood's 2021 drama Cry Macho may have failed to become an awards contender, but it's his latest film to top the streaming charts on Netflix.
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Mickey Mouse and nearly every other Disney animated character ever gather to celebrate Disney Animation's 100th anniversary in the Once Upon a Studio trailer.
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The All of Us Strangers trailer teases Andrew Scott's unexpected romance with Paul Mescal and reunion with his dead parents in Andrew Haigh's fantasy drama.
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Claudia Black and Wes Chatham just joined the Star Wars franchise as the Nightsister Klothow and Captain Enoch on Ahsoka. Here's what else they've done.
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Deadpool 3 director Shawn Levy was keen to avoid relying on green screens, even knowing that shooting the Marvel film on location would lead to set photo leaks.
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Netflix is turning The Twits into an animated film. Here's what we know about the streamer's latest Roald Dahl adaptation so far.
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Apologies gearheads, Need for Speed 2 ain't happening. Here's why progress on the Aaron Paul and Imogen Poots-led video game movie sequel has stalled.
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The Five Nights at Freddy's movie was inspired by the films of Steven Spielberg, as well as Todd Phillips' Joker and ... the work of Terrence Malick?
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Gina Torres departed Suits after season 6 to focus on her personal life, although she would later appear on the show part-time and even starred in a spinoff.
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Peter Cullen has lent his voice to both The Transformers and Winnie the Pooh. He's also not the only Transformers actor with a link to another iconic property.
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The German-language thriller series Dear Child has been making waves with Netflix viewers thanks to its puzzle-style narrative and horror-adjacent elements.
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Disney+ has a new Goosebumps TV series coming out, and it might just be the first adaptation to fully honor the spirit of R.L. Stine's original books.
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It ain't no lie: the members of NSYNC are reuniting for the band's first new song in two decades, 'Better Place,' for the animated sequel Trolls Band Together.
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James Wan has cited Ray Harryhausen as a major influence on Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, in addition to DC's Silver Age comics about the aquatic superhero.
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Ahsoka episode 5 sees Ahsoka using psychometry, a potentially dangerous Force power that's shown up before in titles like Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
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The new Killers of the Flower Moon trailer combines majestic visuals with pull-quotes from critics showering praise on Martin Scorsese's latest film.
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Kenneth Branagh has once again assembled a great cast for his new Hercule Poirot flick, A Haunting in Venice. Here's where you've seen the film's actors before.
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Mike Flanagan re-imagines the Gothic storytelling of Edgar Allan Poe for Netflix in The Fall of the House of Usher. Watch the series' trailer here.
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While Demián Bichir's Father Burke doesn't return in The Nun II, director Michael Chaves pitched a pretty wild idea for bringing the character back.
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Tim Burton had less than two days of filming left to complete on Beetlejuice 2 prior to the dual actors' and writers' strikes taking effect.
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Karl Urban's sci-fi action flick Dredd has cracked Netflix's Top 10, further affirming the 2012 comic book movie's well-earned cult status.
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Director Denis Villeneuve and his crew went all-out to create the deserts of Arrakis for Dune: Part Two, even though it left them hating sand afterward.
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Eli Roth has finally turned his fake Thanksgiving promo from Grindhouse into a gonzo slasher film. Check out the trailer here.
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Ahsoka episode 4 forces Sabine to make a difficult choice that recalls Indiana Jones' not-so-great actions in a key scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
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Ahsoka episode 4 ends with a cliffhanger that may provide the first look at the live-action version of the World Between Worlds from Star Wars Rebels.