And the Best Dressed Goes To...My Fave (and not so favorite looks) from the SAG Awards 2015

It has been a week since actors came together to celebrate their craft and each other for the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The evening was star studded and filled with gorgeous gowns and fitted tuxedos. Some stars really outdid themselves, while other’s struggled to hit the mark. Here are my picks for Best/Worst Dressed last Sunday.

My Star Stunners:

Keira Knightley

This women hit the nail on the head after her disastrous “porcelain doll” look from the Golden Globes earlier this year. She by far was my favorite dressed for the evening, and even though she didn’t take away an award for her portrayal of Joan Clarke (which is phenomenal by the way), she for sure hit the red carpet turning heads in her plum lace covered gown by Erdem. She looked absolutely stunning in the flowy gown, perfect for the mom-to-be.

Lupita N’Yongo

Anything Lupita wears is breathtaking, and she did it again with this gorgeous floral-patterned gown with bold black stripes from Elie Saab. Some could argue that it was too loud, but I thought this was exactly the statement piece I love to see Lupita wear. She herself is quiet, but so eloquent and extraordinary that it was like this dress was made just for her.

Julia Roberts

Combined with her million watt smile and signature red locks, her simple black pantsuit from Givenchy was all she needed to impress the crowd. Elegant and poised, Julia sure knows how to win the crowd and she doesn’t need bold statement pieces to do so. Her pantsuit reminded me what a classic Hollywood legend she has become and I appreciate her keeping it simple, letting just her talent shine.

Reese Witherspoon

Reese has been rocking the white this award season and I have no complaints about it. Wearing a form fitting, one-shouldered dress from Giorgio Armani, Reese paired her SAG outfit with some statement red lips and a simple pulled back hairdo. She looked as if she herself just went through a life-changing journey, like her character Cheryl Strayed in Wild, in less of a “sweetheart look” and more of a “I’m a grown women look.” Either way, I love this more grown up version of Reese.

Felicity Jones

Springing onto the red carpet this year rocking some pretty fantastic ensembles, Felicity Jones stunned in a pastel pink off-the shoulder crossover gown from Balenciaga last Sunday. Felicity has splashed onto the Hollywood scene after her breathtaking performance as Jane Wilde in The Theory of Everything. Always eloquent, Felicity stayed sophisticated in her choice for the evening, and even though it didn’t turn heads, it certainly caught my attention.

The Maybe Next Timers…:

Rosamund Pike

After her captivating performance in Gone Girl, I have been slightly disappointed in this women’s choice of outfits on the red carpet. Wearing white to both the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards, Rosamund went for a complete opposite look in a black frumpy, moo-moo like dress by Christian Dior. The dress looked heavy and too hot to be wearing on the Hollywood Red Carpet. I wanted to get the girl a fan.

Uzo Aduba

I have never been a fan of yellow on anyone, and even though I think Uzo could have pulled off this statement better than others, I still was not a fan. Made of an odd mesh material, the dress from Angel Sanchez just was a huge turn off for me. Though I am extremely happy for her win, I do hope in the future she will stick to something a little less…yellow.

Julianne Moore

Ask anyone, I think Julianne Moore is a showstopper in anything she does, but her green sparkly dressed pair with a fur jacket from Givenchy Haute Couture made me feel like a mermaid sprung itself out of the ocean to find a green bear. Green and red-heads is usually a winning combo, but the tank straps are what turned me away from the gown (plus the fur). Better luck at the Oscars.

Emma Stone

I am usually applauding Emma Stone for bold statement choices not only in life, and choice of words (she literally dropped the F-Bomb where she heard she was nominated for an Oscar), but in outfit ensembles. Wearing a black blazer with a sheer bottom from Dior, I was left asking where was the rest of it? Of course she was stunning with bright red lips and a simple pulled back hairdo, similar to Reese, she failed to captivate me with her tuxedo dress.

Lorelei Linklater

I don’t want to put the young star on blast, but her black dress with large bell sleeves from NYC Label Honor personally brought me back to the Salem Witch Trials. I am not sure I have words for this ensemble, other then it was atrocious.

Five Reasons to See "Theory of Everything" This Season.

1. It is a raw, emotional, and triumphant love story.

The Theory of Everything explores the intensely supportive and remarkable love story of Stephen and Jane Hawking, the famed Cambridge physicist and his first wife. It explores the the romantic high points and devastating low points of their other worldly love. Many know Stephen Hawking, the professor, but what came as a surprise to me was this incredibly strong and determined women who made Hawking’s world a possibility. I had not heard anything about Jane until I saw the movie, and afterwards I had this insatiable desire to fly to Cambridge and meet her personally. The movie may not follow their relationship to a chronologically tee, like is depicted in Jane’s memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, but it captures the raw emotion and strong desire of two brilliant people and their passion for life and each other.

2. Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones give performances of a lifetime.

I am certain every major newspaper, online news source, and anything that can print words for people to read are raving as much as I am about the performances that Redmayne and Jones fulfill. There are no other words to describe it except “embodiment.” From Jane’s sturdy and quiet demeanor to the chronicled deterioration of one of the world’s most brilliant minds, I was swept into the Hawkings’ world for 2 hours, and left feeling like I had made two new friends. Their sheer embodiment led me on a roller coaster of emotions from happiness to love to disappointment to joy to anger to frustration to the utmost sadness and longing. They very much deserve every award they are nominated for in this upcoming season.

3. Director James Marsh took it and owned it.

Not only did he cast two of the best leads, he beautifully wove together a magical love story that made most people in relationships question their love. Marsh’s use of vibrant, yet different color palettes along with the theme of circles throughout the film make my heart leap with joy. It is so aesthetically pleasing that you almost want to weep the entire time at the pure beauty of it. Though I have not had the opportunity to see anything else he has directed, I can only expect that the themes will wrap up just as nicely as in Theory. By far my favorite thing is his use of a Super 8 camera to capture what are quaint and delightful family moments shared by the Hawkings’. They weave in and out of the film, connecting the past with the present, the Hawkings with the universe. It is beyond lovely.

4. Johann Johannsson’s score though…

Almost like Marsh’s use of the Super 8, Johannson’s score captures the spirited highs and painful lows of the Hawkings’ life together and tells their story through strong, uplifting strings and melancholy piano riffs. The music starts off cheery, bright to depict the feverishly intelligent and still healthy young Stephen Hawking, but as the music moves throughout the film we get slower, deeper tones to show the deterioration Stephen’s health as well as their marriage. The score is stunning and rightly captures these two incredible people and their heartwarming story.

5. Not your typical Romance film.

Though I keep ranting and raving about how romantically enlightening this tale is, it is in no way your typical romance. As we all know now, Jane and Stephen are no longer married. They did stay together for 26 years, but alas their marriage crumbled under the weight of fame and a desire for something more. Both remarried, Stephen to his nurse Elaine Mason (later divorced) and Jane to choir director Jonathan Hellyer Jones. At first thought this was incredibly heartbreaking to me. I wanted these two individuals to be triumphant in all aspects of life. But that was me fictionalizing two very real people. I think the lines that hit me the hardest where when Jones’ said, “I have loved you. I did my best,” because it slapped me back to reality. These characters are real people, with real challenges and real emotions. I can’t put them into my neat box and hope they stay together for romance sake. This movie showed us real people and how they tackle tough issues. It was refreshing, heartwarming, and devastating all at once, but above all it was a satisfying journey into the mind’s of two phenomenally “out-of-this-world” people.

The Theory of Everything is playing now in the U.S., click here for trailer.