The documentary Dinosaur 13 tells story that is first uplifting and then utterly infuriating. It's a wild ride. The film begins with the 1990 discovery of a T-rex skeleton, nicknamed Sue, and follows the work of a group of semi-pro paleontologists who unearth and preserve the skeleton, only to have it taken from them by…
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Before 1990, only 12 Tyrannosaurus Rex skeletons had been found, and they were all less than 40% complete. Then a group of South Dakota paleontologists found Sue, an 80% complete fossil. It was the biggest T-Rex find in history, and that 13th find is how Todd Douglas Miller's documentary Dinosaur 13 gets its title. The film tells the story of…
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The 2014 Sundance Film Festival starts today, and with the opening of theater doors, hundreds of brand new movies will be revealed to the world. Some we've already heard of and are excited for -- The Raid 2 and Life Itself come to mind -- but the majority of them are wholly unknown. They're films…
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