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...case, running back Sam Mathews, who transferred from Navy prior to last season, will get the bulk of the work on offense. While Mathews is a solid back, his 653 rushing yards this season are a sharp drop from the 1,266 yards he amassed in his debut campaign last year...

Author: By David H. Stearns, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CLASH OF THE TITANS | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

Primer, the directorial debut of Shane Carruth, lacks any narrative thread, but essentially is a story about four broke, thirtysomething engineers who create a mysterious box in their garage that defies scientific rationality and seems to give them inexplicable control over life. Two members of the group, Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan), decide to probe what potential their creation might have: They explore the commercial possibilities of time-travel for a few hours each day, encounter dreadful mishaps in a Scooby Doo-esque fashion and finally, things end quite badly, with the audience, plot and characters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Headline | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...Jerky Boys exist as the result of two New Yorkers capitalizing on shared amusement of recording crank phone conversations and too much free time. Their 1993 debut album, The Jerky Boys, was the first of its kind and a best-seller. Since their debut, the Jerky Boys have released four more albums, two other compilation albums, two movies, and a book...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 11/12/2004 | See Source »

...with NBC's powerhouse Law & Order (L&O) in 1990, but it took nine years for creator Dick Wolf to spin off Special Victims Unit, and the series was never widely imitated before the CSI explosion. Now the schedule is so crowded with procedurals that CSI: NY had to debut against the original L&O. To the surprise of TV analysts, it beat the veteran in its first outing and most weeks since. Even so, some within the CSI family have been worried about overextending; original CSI star William Petersen has publicly chided CBS for diluting the brand. (Petersen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Crimetime Lineup | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

...writers who want to tell more involved stories--who have had reality TV eat into their mortgage payments--the CSI-ization of the networks has been trouble. David E. Kelley established himself with character dramas like Picket Fences and The Practice. The year before CSI's debut he had five shows on the networks. Today he has one--ABC's Boston Legal--and a reality show about lawyers in the works for NBC. Last year his family drama The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. was blown off the air by Law & Order after just four weeks. "Ten or 15 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Crimetime Lineup | 11/8/2004 | See Source »

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