"Shrek Forever After," the fourth (and, by all accounts, final) installment in the hugely popular series about the personable green ogre, dispenses with many of the hallmarks of the franchise.

Along with Gwyneth Paltrow, Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis, another celebrity is listing their home on Airbnb. Shrek is to welcome guests to his cozy, mud-laden, moss-covered swamp home at the end of ...

There was a time, long, long ago (OK, about a decade ago) when ogres remained untouchable, fearsome brutes. That was before “Shrek,” who taught us that belching, disgusting, ugly green guys can ...