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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
****½
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, David Thewlis, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane,. Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith, Timothy Spall

In his third year, Harry Potter learns that Sirius Black, a man who once betrayed Harry's parents, has escaped from the Azkaban prison and is out to get the young wizard. The third movie is one of the best in the series. It adds new important characters and tells a wonderfully twisty story. With the new director Alfonso Cuaron, the franchise also takes a giant leap forward in cinematic storytelling. For the first time, the script does not follow the source material page by page, which in turn means that it has to rush through some of the complexities of the plot with breakneck speed. Followed by The Goblet of Fire.