2 w. ago Netflix’s Frankenstein might be the most urgent and timely blockbuster of 2025

Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation of a 200-year-old book has uncanny relevance to our present day. And it’s a film that the acclaimed director of ‘The Shape of Water’ and ‘Hellboy’ has been rehearsing for his entire career, writes Xan Brooks

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3 w. ago Every Guillermo del Toro film: All of the Frankenstein director's films ranked, from best to worst

With the release of Frankenstein looming, here are all of Guillermo del Toro's films ranked from best to worst according to Rotten Tomatoes.

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3 w. ago Who is in Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein set to be released on Netflix 2025? Cast list revealed

Guillermo del Toro's highly anticipated adaptation of Frankenstein is set to be released on Netflix this year.

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3 w. ago Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein trailer drops after filming at spooky Scottish estate

The first trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein is out, with scenes filmed at a haunting estate in Aberdeenshire.

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3 w. ago Hollywood hunk Jacob Elordi transforms into Frankenstein's Monster for horror revival by Guillermo Del Toro

There's a glimpse of the Australian 27-year-old masked while standing, crucifix-like, during Dr. Victor Frankenstein's (Oscar Isaac) reviving, electrical experiment

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3 w. ago Everything we know about Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein, so far

From the cast to where it was filmed, here’s everything we know about Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein so far.

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3 w. ago First trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein revealed

Set for release on Netflix this November, the Mary Shelley adaptation was filming around Scotland last year.

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3 w. ago The Simon Yates lesson that Isaac del Toro must learn from unforgettable Giro d’Italia

The Mexican phenom emerged as the sport’s future, but the romantic race provided a throwback to reward both patience and experience in a thrilling final weekend to the grand tour

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3 w. ago Simon Yates rides away with prize of Giro d’Italia while rivals lose the plot | William Fotheringham

Del Toro and Carapaz became distracted by each other, allowing the Lancastrian to claim a second Grand TourThe Mexican standoff is a much-loved cinematic device, but the stalemate beloved of western movie script writers has rarely, if ever, decided one of cycling’s Grand Tours. The 2025 Giro d’Italia was the exception, appositely as the biggest loser was an actual Mexican, Isaac del Toro, with the unassuming Lancastrian Simon Yates the two-wheeled equivalent of the bandit who skips off with the loot, while two other bandits – in this case Richard Carapaz and Del Toro – stare each other down waiting for the other man to blink.Yates’s second career Grand Tour win, forged on the Colle delle Finestre on Saturday afternoon in a peerless display of courage and cunning, and sealed 24 hours later in the streets of Rome, will go down in cycling’s annals as one of the most improbable heists the sport has witnessed. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Britain’s Simon Yates seals Giro d’Italia in Rome for second Grand Tour title

Stunning penultimate stage set up 32-year-old for gloryYates adds 2025 Giro to 2018 Vuelta a EspañaSimon Yates arrived in Rome, was blessed by Pope Leo XIV and then completed a miraculous overall victory in the 2025 Giro d’Italia, seven years after his race lead had traumatically dissolved with victory in his grasp.The Lancastrian rider’s remarkable turnaround in Saturday’s final mountain stage, in which Yates leapfrogged 21-year-old Giro debutant and race leader, Isaac del Toro and podium rival, Richard Carapaz, to take a near four-minute overall lead, was one of the most stunning in Grand Tour racing. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Britain’s Simon Yates seals Giro d’Italia triumph and banishes pain of 2018

Visma-Lease a Bike rider secures second Grand Tour titleYates lost 2018 Giro after cracking on Colle delle FinestreSimon Yates arrived in Rome, was blessed by Pope Leo XIV and then completed a miraculous overall victory in the 2025 Giro d’Italia, seven years after his race lead had traumatically dissolved with victory in his grasp.The Lancastrian rider’s remarkable turnaround in Saturday’s final mountain stage, in which Yates leapfrogged 21-year-old Giro debutant and race leader, Isaac del Toro and podium rival, Richard Carapaz, to take a near four-minute overall lead, was one of the most stunning in Grand Tour racing. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Simon Yates conquers his demons to stunningly snatch Giro d’Italia glory on penultimate day

Yates bounced back from a bad day in the saddle to take the pink jersey away from Isaac del Toro at the last moment

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4 w. ago Simon Yates pulls off stunning comeback to all but seal Giro d’Italia triumph

Briton trailed Isaac Del Toro by 1min 21sec before stageYates establishes 3mins 56secs lead in remarkable attackThe Colle delle Finestre is a sporting theatre in the north of Italy and just a short ski run from the border of France but it has become the site of two of Britain’s most incredible moments in this race. In 2018 Simon Yates was leading the Giro d’Italia by 3min 22sec but became the victim of Chris Froome’s imperious ride on the same slopes. That day, Yates collapsed and ultimately finished 38 minutes behind Froome but on Saturday, seven years later, the rider from Bury would have his redemption by pulling the same trick on Isaac del Toro and Yates will now – barring accidents – win his second Grand Tour on Sunday.This was billed as Del Toro v Richard Carapaz and even pre-stage Yates was playing down his chances, he said those two riders were a “step above”. This was clearly a bluff. Over the last 38.5km of almost entirely uphill racing, Yates overturned his 1min 21sec pre...

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4 w. ago Giro d’Italia: Simon Yates all but seals Giro victory with stunning stage 20 attack – as it happened

Simon Yates produced a remarkable attack on the Giro’s mountain climax to wrench the pink jersey from Isaac del Toro139km to go. Dries De Bondt (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) eases away from the bunch to take this intermediate sprint. That looked like he had the blessing from Pedersen to go and take those points. De Bondt is a long way behind Pedersen in the points standings, with one more intermediate sprint to go.140km to go. The break has 7mins 40secs on the peloton as we come up to the intermediate sprint. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Isaac del Toro holds firm in battle for pink jersey as Richard Carapaz threatens late Giro d’Italia twist

Nicolas Prodhomme claimed victory on stage 19 as Del Toro fought off Carapaz’s attack to maintain the race lead

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4 w. ago Giro d’Italia: Del Toro tightens grip on pink jersey as Prodhomme wins stage 19

Frenchman breaks clear to claim victory on brutal rideSimon Yates still in third spot in general classificationNicolas Prodhomme claimed the first Grand Tour stage win of his career when he rode solo to victory on stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia on Friday, while Mexico’s pink jersey holder, Isaac del Toro, came second to extend his overall lead.On their penultimate day in the mountains, the riders faced a brutal 166km ride from Biella to Champoluc with five classified climbs and a total elevation gain of nearly 5,000m. Continue reading...

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last month Giro d’Italia: Denz surges to stage win as Del Toro keeps hold of pink jersey

German produces powerful finish for struggling Red BullGC riders ten minutes adrift with Yates still in third spotNico Denz surged to victory on stage 18 of the Giro D’Italia, offering some respite for his struggling Red Bull team.The German produced a powerful finish to take the win at Cesano Maderno, a much-needed injection of good news following the injury withdrawals of general classification hopefuls Jai Hindley and Primoz Roglic. Continue reading...

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last month The remarkable rise of Isaac del Toro and the journey to Giro d’Italia glory

The Mexican, often compared with teammate Tadej Pogacar, is on the brink of securing the pink jersey as he follows in the footsteps of a long lineage of great Latin American climbers

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