This review has a level of significance considering that it’s the first book that I have reviewed for The Movie Boards.

Lonely Planet’s Film and TV Locations: A Spotters Guide written by Laurence Phelan is a little different from most travel books as it doesn’t provide some of the information that you would expect from every other travel book that you might have seen like how to get there or when something opens. The gorgeous photos in this book are going to ignite the spark that leads to your next holiday. If I did not find traveling to be so hard there are more than a few places in this book that I would love to visit. 6/6

Phelan observes in his introduction to the book that, “The movies take you places: cinema is a mode of transport. In just 90 minutes, you can be whisked all the way around the globe – perhaps with a dotted red line marking your progress on a map as you go. Some films take you even farther, out of this world and to other galaxies far, far away.”

“What’s great is that the converse is often true: there are some places that can transport you into the world of a movie,” Phelan commented “If you want to feel like James Bond, try going to ‘James Bond Island’ (Khao Phing Kan, Thailand). In a Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany’s) mood? Have a Danish pastry and some coffee outside Tiffany’s in Manhattan. Or want to feel like the title character in Rocky? Then run up the steps to the Philadelphia Museum and put your hands in the air like a champ when you get to the top.”