“Artemis Fowl” (*** out of four) was a frothy adaptation of Eoin Colfer’s blockbuster 2001 novel about the title character (Ferdia Shaw) who becomes a young criminal prodigy who has to search a secret society of fairies (Josh Gad, Lara McDonnell, Adrian Scarborough, and others) to find his missing father (Colin Farrell) but finds that this is a far grander adventure than he realized. Not much story per se but it moves along bouncily and throws so much eye candy and visual effects at you nonstop that it’s fun and entertaining just the same. A nicely done change-of-pace for director Kenneth Brannagh.