(Updated 9:23 a.m.) The third time’s not the charm. “Shrek the Third” isn’t a bad movie. It’s just not as funny or as smart as the first two. Now that it’s a franchise, it has forgotten both its heart ...

Funnier and more gracefully plotted than "Shrek the Third" (PG, 2007), "Shrek Forever After" the fourth and, we're told, final installment in the animated "Shrek" saga will keep kids 8 and older - and ...