When I first saw Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban my reaction wasn't so bright and cheery. I had just powered through the series in a Harry Potter-centric college course (a surprisingly great ...

As many readers know, this is my third trip to the halls of Harry Potter's stomping grounds, Hogwarts, by way of the big screen. I make this statement because I think is always bears mentioning that I ...

Bisma strongly believes pop culture shapes human lives. She is particularly concerned about the media portrayals of gender, class, race, and sexuality on television, their intersectionality, and ...

Remember the good old days when a new Harry Potter movie or book arrived seemingly every year to provide us with whimsical, youthful entertainment? From 1997 until 2011, JK Rowling’s Boy Who Lived ...

Some "Harry Potter" characters changed a lot in the journey from page to screen ... and some were portrayed perfectly.

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione (Emma Watson), and Ron (Rupert Grint) look shocked in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Image via Warner Bros. Pictures. Despite having eight main films and ...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is almost a unanimous choice among the public when the question is “favorite film” in this universe. The third part of the wizard’s story explored the ...

With a story that changes the game for the rest of the series, director Alfonso Cuaron arrives in the universe of Harry Potter with a vision and enthusiasm that comes together to expand, nurture and ...

If you love the Harry Potter series and you can get past a few rough edges, Prisoner of Azkaban should be a satisfyingly interactive way to experience the story once again. Based on the recently ...

The essence of romanticism, said the German writer E.T.A. Hoffman, is “infinite longing.” With the marvelous “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” J.K. Rowling’s work has finally gotten the ...

The children, they grow so fast. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the tale in which J. K. Rowling’s young orphan wizard becomes a teenager, and the first thing that strikes you about the ...