A brilliant installment!

Rating: 10/10 (15 August 2009)

Harry Potter (Daniel Redcliffe) is about to start his third year at Hogwart's school of Witchcraft and Wizardy but trouble has started in the world of non-magic folks aka Muggles. It seems Harry has accident inflated his Aunt Marge (Pam Farris) and runs away to be united with his best friends in the whole wide galaxy known as Hermonine (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grinn) as he goes back into the world of magic for his new school year. He gets a new Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher named Professor Lupin (David Thewlis) whom befriends the boy and of course there's talk about an escaped prisoner from Azkaban named Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) that is rumored to be heir to Voldermort as he troubles poor Harry. Not only that but also some Death-esquire Dementors are searching around for him to have his soul but can Harry find out who the true heir of Voldermort is and is Sirius really the one behind it?
One of the best installments of the series by far! Alfonso Cauron takes Chris Columbus place as director with Columbus as executive producer as it's the most artsy and complex of the series. The film does replace Richard Harris with Michael Gambon for Dumbledore and reunites Tom Felton as Draco Malfoy, Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid, Alan Rickman as Professor Snape, Julie Waters as Mrs. Weasley, Maggie Smith as Professor McGarnagle, John Cleese as Nearly-Headless Nick and introduces new characters like Emma Thompson as Professor Trelaway. Here the film is more darker and more complex then it's processors but has more improved acting on the kid cast being no longer kids but teens.
There's plenty of surprises and dark stuff galore with a good storyline including faithfulness to the book in this installment that makes this the most beloved movie of the series.