what this does is, it is kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, who wrote the stepford wives, and white middle—class liberal america and it is more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie, although there are moments of horror in it. it is sharp and satirical and really well played and what i loved about it, it was one of those films, you couldn't quite see where it was going. it has great performances, it is very bright and i didn't know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love the books anyway, it is not directly adapted from the books, but it is a really fine piece of work, but try not to read too much about it before you see the film. thank you very much. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. i have made a list of my homework. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode — including mark's top ten films of the year so far. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. enjoyed your sin and viewing. it is a very good week.

what this does is, it's kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, you know, the stepford wives, andut racism in white middle—class liberal america and it's more of a psychological thriller than a horror movie, although there are moments of horror in it. it is sharp and satirical and really, really well played and what i loved about it was, again, it's one of those films where you couldn't quite see where it was going. it's got great performances, it is very wry and i didn't know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love ira levin's books anyway. i know this isn't directly adapted from them but the ghost of ira levin hangs over this and it is a really fine piece of work. but, try not to read too much about it before you see the film. ok, that's a good tip. thank you very much, as ever, mark. i have made a list of my summer homework. there is a lot of it but i'm going to do it. start with the levelling because you will love the levelling. i'm very excited about that one. thank you very much. good to see you, as ever. and a quick reminder before we go, you can

. >>> starting off on 295 in west stepford. southbound, northbound okay. 42 freeway moving up. and headed down to delaware memorial bridge. 22 minute trip there. not seeing an increase. average speeds into the mid 60s. moving there. watching construction. construction project going to be an active seen out in cherry hill. that's at least until the end of the month. route 70 westbound. watching some lane restrictions there. crash in abington on meeting house road around sunset avenue. watch that intersection with police activity. >>> right now, the search is on for missing men in bucks county. police from several local towns are focus can go on a property in solebury township. >> nbc 10 pamela osborne live to explain. >> reporter: since i saw you last, i called solebury police to see if i can get an update. no one answered the phone, but likely said we're waiting to find out more on what's going on: been here since this morning. seen a police creuiser driving around in the area of where they were focusing their search last night. investigating with the help of several local depa

start you off on 295 around route 130 over in west stepford. no big problems or delays right now. the southbound side looking at the delaware memorial bridge. 22 minute trip. speeds into the 60s. not seeing big problems or delays. see everything looks good right now. roads are dry. cherry hill, watch for construction. route 70 westbound. route 309 looks good too. pretty empty around the pa turnpike. this is around the fort washington area. all directions are okay. not a lot of cars there at all. route 202 end here with drive times. everything green. both directions north and south from route 30 to schuylkill. speeds are also into the mid 60s. vai and tracey, back to you. >> 5:16. talking about it all morning. want you to stay ahead of the storm. have issued a first alert for what will happen this afternoon. >> let's check with meteorologist bill henley. >> this morning seeing clouds, but no showers in the area. live view from center city getting ready for sunrise. look at the winds bringing in muggy conditions. hot and humid afternoon. during the afternoon we could see some of tho

. >>> starting off on 295 in west stepford. southbound, northbound okay. 42 freeway moving up. and headed down to delaware memorial bridge. 22 minute trip there. not seeing an increase. average speeds into the mid 60s. moving there. watching construction. construction project going to be an active seen out in cherry hill. that's at least until the end of the month. route 70 westbound. watching some lane restrictions

. >> yeah, that's -- you know, it's very inspired by "stepford wives," "rosemary's baby." >> jimmy: yeahjimmy: and when did you write this script? >> i wrote this -- you know, i started -- i actually wrote the script three years ago but the whole process getting into figuring out the plot -- very intricate plot, sort of weaves together a lot of themes. it's, like, five years just coming up with the whole thing. >> jimmy: wow. here's the cool thing. it cost $5 million to make, which is a lot, but it made $230 million. [ cheers and applause ] that's how you do it. that's how you do it! >> thank you. >> jimmy: that's how you do it. >> i think those are the international numbers. >> jimmy: was it hard getting funding on this? because you're not in the movie. >> yeah, i'm not in it. i'm not in it, which probably made it easier to get the funding. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no. >> trust me, i will not be in this movie. >> jimmy: i saw parts and i'm like, "oh, jordan could have easily played that guy." >> oh, well, thank you. yeah, you know it's one of those things where i'm not actually that

. >> yeah, that's -- you know, it's very inspired by "stepford wives," "rosemary's baby." >> jimmy: yeahhat it is. >> jimmy: and when did you write this script? >> i wrote this -- you know, i started -- i actually wrote the script three years ago but the whole process getting into figuring out the plot -- very intricate plot, sort of weaves together a lot of themes. it's, like, five years just coming up with the whole thing. >> jimmy: wow. here's the cool thing. it cost $5 million to make, which is a lot, but it made $230 million. [ cheers and applause ] that's how you do it. that's how you do it! >> thank you. >> jimmy: that's how you do it. >> i think those are the international numbers. >> jimmy: was it hard getting funding on this? because you're not in the movie. >> yeah, i'm not in it. i'm not in it, which probably made it easier to get the funding. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: no. >> trust me, i will not be in this movie. >> jimmy: i saw parts and i'm like, "oh, jordan could have easily played that guy." >> oh, well, thank you. yeah, you know it's one of those things where i'm not

what this does is, it's kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, you know, the stepford wives, andhere are moments of horror in it. it is sharp and satirical and really, really well played and what i loved about it was, again, it's one of those films where you couldn't quite see where it was going. it's got great performances, it is very wry and i didn't know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love ira levin's books anyway. i know this isn't directly adapted from them but the ghost of ira levin hangs over this and it is a really fine piece of work. but, try not to read too much about it before you see the film. ok, that's a good tip. thank you very much, as ever, mark. i have made a list of my summer homework. there is a lot of it but i'm going to do it. start with the levelling because you will love the levelling. i'm very excited about that one. thank you very much. good to see you, as ever. and a quick reminder before we go, you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/markkermode — including mark's top ten films o

what this does is, it is kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, who wrote the stepford wives, andical thriller than a horror movie, although there are moments of horror in it. it is sharp and satirical and really well played and what i loved about it, it was one of those films, you couldn't quite see where it was going. it has great performances, it is very bright and i didn't know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love the books anyway, it is not directly adapted from the books, but it is a really fine piece of work, but try not to read too much about it before you see the film. thank you very much. that's it for this week, though. thanks for watching. goodbye. i have made a list of my homework. a quick reminder before we go that you'll find more film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.co.uk/mark kermode — including mark's top ten films of the year so far. and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer. hello. this is breakfast, with naga munchetty and charlie stayt. coming up before 7am: stav has the weather. but first

what this does is, it's kind of inspired by the books of ira levin, you know, the stepford wives, andchological thriller than a horror movie, although there are moments of horror in it. it is sharp and satirical and really, really well played and what i loved about it was, again, it's one of those films where you couldn't quite see where it was going. it's got great performances, it is very wry and i didn't know much about it when i went in and i was really surprised and i love ira levin's books anyway. i know this isn't directly adapted from them but the ghost of ira levin hangs over this and it is a really fine piece of work. but, try not to read too much about it before you see the film. ok, that's a good tip. thank you very much, as ever, mark. i have made a list of my summer homework. there is a lot of it but i'm going to do it. start with the levelling because you will love the levelling. i'm very excited about that one. thank you very much. good to see you, as ever. and a quick reminder before we go, you can find all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online at bbc.c