Gretchen Kelly
The Archive
Raising the Titanic
There’s a scene in the movie “Titanic” when Tommy Ryan, an Irish immigrant, says: “Did you know Irishmen built her? 15,000 Irishmen built this ship. Solid as a rock. Big...
GO NOW: Camelot
Starz fans already seduced by its blood-'n'-guts series "Spartacus" would be sage to tune in to the premium channel Friday, April 1, for a second serving of flesh and fantasy:...
GO NOW: Brontë Country
Now that Mia Wasikowska (of “Alice in Wonderland”, 2010-edition fame) is breathing life back in Jane Eyre for a new generation of movie-goers, Brontë Country in Yorkshire, England, is hot...
SETJET: Nottingham
Ridley Scott’s multi-billion dollar epic "Robin Hood" opens today, bringing back the legendary hero in bad-ass style. His legendary domain, Nottingham (two hours from London by train) is dusting off...
UPDATE: Go ask Alice
Set-jetters wondering where Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and Anne Hathaway filmed the otherwise marvelously CG'd world of Alice in Wonderland can look to one site, and one site only: Antony House, a...
V is for Veneto
IN the glory days of the Most Serene Republic of Venice, travelers knew that it was not an isolated treasure but a jewel in a crown of cities that glittered...
JUST BACK: Brussels
To the "reasons why we're liking Brussels more and more these days" list, let's add the new Magritte Museum, which recently debuted on the city's Place Royale. Paying tribute to...
SET JETTING
LOCATION matters. Watch, for instance, any of the Bourne films. Would they have been anything more than just run-of-the-mill chase flicks without the serious attention to detail when it came...
HISTORY'S SEXY SIDE
IT'S Tudor mania, with the film "Elizabeth: The Golden Age", Scarlett Johansson's upcoming "Other Boleyn Girl" and Showtime's "The Tudors" making the old-time Royals everyone's favorite screwed up family. We...
SET JETTING
FOUR years ago when we first awarded prizes for our favorite film locations in these pages, the idea of trips inspired by films wasn't exactly new. But now, things have...