HIGHLIGHTS INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GAME

Writer-director Dana Brown -- whose dad, Bruce, helmed the classic surfing flick Endless Summer -- follows in his father's footsteps and takes a 21st-century look at the sport, employing up-to-date cinematographic technology to bring the audience right into those monster waves. The film stars dedicated surfers Ken "Skindog" Collins, Laird Hamilton, Rochelle Ballard, and Gerry Lopez as they test the waters around the globe. Where Bruce Brown cast his beach bums as nomads, wandering in search of the...

DR. PENNY BAILLIE-DE BYL (Australia) has been researching in the area of artificial intelligence since 1995. She has had a number of international conference papers, journal papers, several book chapters, and a book published in this area. During her twelve-year career as a university lecturer she has consulted as a computer programmer, systems simulator, and Web site application engineer. Dr. Baillie-de Byl currently works at the University of Southern Queensland in Australia where she teaches computer...

Things are really hopping in this impressively animated adaptation of the book Uncle Remus: The Complete Tales as Told by Jules Lester . Remus, a 19th-century character whose legacy is highly problematic among contemporary African Americans, is nowhere to be seen. Instead, a turtle (Danny Glover) relates the tales of clever and mischievous Brer Rabbit (voiced by Nick Cannon) to young Janey. Over the course of most of the 12 stories, Brer Rabbit outwits a menagerie of characters bent on devouring...