Studio: Warner Brothers MPAA Rating: PG for frightening moments, creature violence and mild language Mom Rating: 5 out of 5 Kid Rating: 5 out of 5

Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Michael Gambon, Gary Oldman, David Thewlis Writer: Steve Kloves Director: Alfonso Cuarón

It's shaping up to be a wonderful summer for family films. Hot on heels of "Shrek 2," which is still breaking box office records, we now have third installment in "Harry Potter" series. I firmly believe that years from now, our children will be showing these films to our grandchildren with same reverence we now hold for "The Wizard of Oz"... only with Harry, we will ultimately have seven classic fantasy adventures to enjoy.

Many Hollywood types were surprised when young hotshot director Alfonso Cuarón accepted this job after success of his racy hit, "Y Tu Mama Tambien." It was later revealed that J.K. Rowling herself was such a fan of Cuarón's filmed version of "A Little Princess" that he was actually *her* first choice to helm Harry's debut. Chris Columbus ended up bringing first two novels to screen, and some critics lamented that Columbus was a little too faithful to books. There was much speculation that Cuarón would bring a more daring touch to "Azkaban." However, Columbus is still on hand as a producer, and this film doesn't veer too far away from world he already created for screen.

The one big difference between this film and previous ones are that so much of action takes place outside Hogwarts castle, but that's as much a reflection of Rowling's book as any decisions made by Cuarón.

"The Prisoner of Azkaban" is a transitional chapter in Harry Potter's story, bridging wonder and discovery of first two books into darker, more dangerous tone of those that follow. Harry and his friends are now 13 years old and fully experiencing emotional ups and downs of adolescence. Because of his tragic history and difficult living situation, Harry's feelings are a little more intense. Where a normal teenager may have urge to slam a door in anger, rage of a teen wizard can do some actual harm (which he demonstrates to comic effect).

The feelings that come as a result of one or both parties having an extramarital affair are natural but can also be extensions of something much deeper. Of course, if someone has an extramarital affair, both people in that marriage will have feelings that will be "surface level" only at first. Arguments can occur, denial may set in, and/or tempers can flare due to extramarital affair. While these things are only natural and to be expected, if your going to actually survive an extramarital affair, you must look at deeper issues and get down to real cause of affair and what to do about it.

People in marriages don't often look at having extramarital affairs lightly, and they realize most times what affects their actions will have on their marriage. If someone has an extramarital affair and doesn't think that it will have an affect on their marriage, surely they are either in denial or their definition of marriage leans strongly towards "open" side. For rest of married crowd who don't subscribe to an "open" marriage and who have to deal with an extramarital affair, things can get a bit more complex.

Complexity can be interesting no doubt, but it can also add to confusion of someone having an extramarital affair, especially if couple or one party in that couple wants to look deeper at situation and figure out two very important things:

1. Why did extramarital affair happen?