The Theory of Everything

This rich biopic about famed British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (Best Actor Oscar-winner Eddie Redmayne) charts his life by focusing on his relationship with Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones), a literature student he courts at Cambridge in the 1960s. They marry shortly after Hawking is diagnosed with motor neuron diseases, their love growing and evolving over the years as his body shuts down and his cosmological ideas dazzle the world. With David Thewlis, Emily Watson. 124 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; audio commentary; deleted scenes; featurette.