Great performances from Emma Thompson hamming it up as the ditsy professor of foretelling, Prof Trelawny, Michael Gambon as the new Professor Dumbledore (not as magical but good), David Thewliss as Prof Lupin, and Gary Oldman as the Prisoner of Azkhaban.Thrilling, complex, menacing, ****/***** stars. Neville Longbottom has lost so much weight he's almost unrecognisable. In 1995, Hermione Granger and Harry led the first Dumbledores Army meeting in the Hogs Head, which was coincidentally owned by Albus Dumbledores brother, Aberforth. And the new CGI-scripted character Buckbeak the Hippogriff (half eagle, half horse) looks fantastic and has personality.The kids are all supposed to be thirteen but look older - hey we'll forgive them. How old was Emma Watson in the 3rd Harry Potter IMDb Rating: 7.612 more rows Why cant Harry go to Hogsmeade 19951996. Hogwarts is not safe, Draco Malfoy is no longer a menace, but just a pain in the ass. There are less Quidditch matches, and more menace, in keeping with the improved complexity of Rowling's third novel. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third instalment novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are back as Harry, Ron and Hermoine, with Hermoine in particular getting to do a lot more.

Director Alphonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien, A Little Princess) has taken over from Chris Columbus and has stuck less slavishly to the original JK Rowling Books. This third Harry Potter film is the best one yet.

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