The Age of Adaline

Furious 7 has officially spent the entire month of April at the top of the box office, swatting down any pretenders to the throne and transforming a very popular film franchise into something genuinely legendary. Sure, other films performed well, but the record books will always show that April 2015 belonged to Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and some very fast cars. This streak will end next week when Avengers: Age of Ultron gives it a run for its literal and metaphorical money, but it was a quite a ride.

A little over a month ago we saw the first trailer for The Age of Adaline, the new romantic drama that, at first glance, seems like it could be a bit schmaltzy. But with a great cast and the skills of director Lee Toland Krieger (Celeste and Jesse Forever), The Age of Adaline looks like it could be rather surprising. A new trailer for the film has been released, further highlighting the solemn beauty of both Blake Lively and the film itself.

At first glance, there's something a little "female version of 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'" about this trailer for 'The Age of Adaline'—the film has a fantastical, darkly whimsical quality to its tale of a woman (Blake Lively) who doesn't age due to a freakish accident. Depending on your perspective, that might be a blessing or a curse, and given our cultural preoccupations with beauty and youth, 'The Age of Adaline' looks to explore the beauty in aging itself.