Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (DVD)

The third installment of J K Rowling's Harry Potter series was a great success as a book, and the transition from page to screen in 2004 takes on a dark and twisted turn as newer characters are involved and the past comes into the series. The film is a good one, with another stellar cast and some 'different' direction. The Plot Harry Potter's third year at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sees the appearance of a new threat. Harry's enemy and murderer of his parents Lord Voldemort has been the subject of much fear in the previous installments, and his most faithful and dangerous servant, Sirius Black, has escaped from Azkaban, the wizard ...  Read the complete review

I decided that in the run up to the release of the DVD of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that I would review the previous four films and so this is my review of the third of the series Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban (2004). A slight aside before I start. When my husband and I first started dating we lived in London and quite often used to go the Prince Charles cinema just off Leicester Square – it used to be £1 to get in and you could take your beer in with you. They didn’t show current releases but they were recent (as well as older or seasonal films or films with a specific theme). One day we’d been shopping (quelle ...  Read the complete review

Christopher Columbus; what were you DOING?! Coming along, taking on the massive job of turning a world-famous book series into film and flaming FLUFFING it?! Baaad idea. Bad, bad career move. I hate to say it, but this man ruined the first two Harry Potter films. When he finally scampered off with his tail between his legs (thank God), it was Spanish director Alfonso Cuaron who took over his mantle. With a film as good as ‘Y Tu Mama Tambien’ in his filmography, I was expecting bigger and better things. After seeing ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban’ in the cinema, and then another ten times or so (so far) both between the cinema and at home on my DVD player, I ...  Read the complete review

It was my anniversary back in July. We had been together exactly seven years, married exactly two. So how did we decide to celebrate? Two films at the cinema and a meal in a Mexican restaurant. But which movies did we pick as our romantic entertainment? Thunderbirds and Harry Potter 3. Ho hum. Proves we’re just kids at heart, I guess. While Thunderbirds was good, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban excelled. To hubby and me, this was the best of the three Harry Potter films so far. We both loved it and sat enthralled. An increasingly insistent cry from the bladder meant I had to miss a bit, but – thanks to an Athens-like gold medal winning sprint – it was ...  Read the complete review

It’s third time round at the movies for our young hero, Harry Potter and this time everything’s changing. Or is it? Following a rather unpleasant visit from his Auntie Marjorie, Harry Potter packs his bags, storms out of his Uncle Vernon’s house and sets off into the night. One rather manic bus ride later, and he finds himself in one of London’s secret hostels for witches and wizards. Once there, he meets up with his best friends Hermione and Ron and soon the three schoolmates are back on the train to Hogwarts School. Halfway through the journey, the train grinds to an abrupt halt and sits motionless in windswept silence. As eerie calm settles in ...  Read the complete review