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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Michael Keaton was willing and able to return for Tim Burton's Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, but only if the sequel met two conditions.
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Channing Tatum went to unhealthy extremes to achieve his physique for one of his most beloved films.
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Marvel and former X-Men '97 creator/showrunner Beau DeMayo are publicly feuding over the latter not receiving credit for the upcoming season 2.
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Blake Lively has come to specialize in mid-budget, non-franchise fare - like her highest-rated movie on Rotten Tomatoes.
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Batman: Caped Crusader reimagines several members of Batman's rogues gallery, beginning with a gender-swapped Penguin.
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The new Kraven the Hunter trailer pits Aaron Taylor-Johnson's Kraven against Rhino (Alessandro Nivola) in Sony's R-rated Marvel movie.
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Jeff Bridges is no stranger to starring in cult classics and critical darlings, yet his highest-rated film on Rotten Tomatoes is somewhat underseen.
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The Bones cast found themselves quite literally down in the dumps while filming season 2's 'The Boy in the Shroud.'
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The 2024 D23 Expo featured the first-look footage for TRON: Ares, the upcoming TRON movie starring Jared Leto. Let's break down the footage we saw.
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During the D23 Expo, Disney announced that Frozen 3 is officially in the works, and Pixar will be bringing The Incredibles 3 to theaters too.
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The Looney Tunes are starring in their first-ever fully animated theatrical feature film, and you won't want to miss it.
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The Stranger Things cast and crew have provided a small tease of what the future holds for Max Mayfield (Sadie Sink) in season 5.
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Bones used MySpace to allow viewers to solve the mystery alongside the show's heroes in season 2's 'The Glowing Bones in the Old Stone House.'
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Marlon Brando's filmography is littered with classics, including a movie with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes score.
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Gilligan's Island inspired not one but two animated spinoff series, one of which put a sci-fi twist on the original sitcom.
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A pivotal Gladiator cast member was meant to return for Ridley Scott's Gladiator II, but it didn't work out.
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Wesley Snipes has claimed a Marvel record previously held by Hugh Jackman thanks to his return as Blade in Deadpool & Wolverine.
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Robert Downey. Jr is returning to the MCU to play Doctor Doom in what Marvel fans agree is a move of pure desperation. Will it work?
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Here's everything coming to Netflix in August 2024, including some excellent horror films and AMC shows.
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Bones unknowingly predicted a U.S. military scandal in the season 1 episode 'The Soldier on the Grave.'
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Deadpool & Wolverine pays tribute to Raymond Chan and Henry Delaney, two people who left us far too soon.
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Timothée Chalamet is a young Bob Dylan in the trailer for James Mangold's musician biopic A Complete Unknown.
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With Deadpool & Wolverine bringing Wade Wilson into the MCU, you'll need to remember more than just the plots of the previous Deadpool films.
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The new Cuckoo trailer further teases the acclaimed (and unnerving) horror film starring Hunter Schafer and Dan Stevens.
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Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga are caught in a bad romance in the new trailer for Todd Phillips' sequel Joker: Folie à Deux.
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The Sound of Music and West Side Story are both Oscar-winning classics, yet their director, Robert Wise, preferred one to the other.
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The Bones season 2 episode 'The Headless Witch in the Woods' nods to The Blair Witch Project in more ways than one.