I have a history with movies.

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According to my parents, the first movie I ever saw had a bear in it and I hid under my chair, terrified of the bear.  

 

This early incident notwithstanding, I have always loved movies, because I have always loved stories.

 

I saw very few movies in my early years, but I read and was read to, constantly.

 

The idea that I could see the stories I had only seen in my imagination, come to life on the screen, held a fascination for me something akin to what the first people who ever watched a moving picture must have experienced.

 

I still feel that same fascination every time I see a really good movie and I am transported.  

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Read on for my favorite movies, whether they are new finds or old friends, I hope you enjoy them!