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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2.Cho Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon) consistently steals the show in Squid Game season 2. Hyun-ju is a transgender woman who joins the games so she can afford gender-affirming care and to get a fresh start in Thailand, where she will be more accepted. Unlike many other Squid Game players, Hyun-ju is competing for a reason that goes far beyond dire financial straits. Her reasons tie into another level of injustice and inequality that exists outside the games.

As a brave, likable, and complex individual, Hyun-ju is easily one of Squid Game season 2's best new characters. One of the most important relationships she forms is with Kim Young-mi (Kim Si-eun), a sweet-natured and fearful individual who Hyun-ju befriends and supports throughout the games. Regardless of whether she shares the screen with Young-mi or another character, Hyun-ju is one of the most compelling characters to watch,...

Tread carefully and only move forward if you get a green light: this article contains spoilers for "Squid Game" season 2.

If you're even just a little bit familiar with the concept of writer-director Hwang Dong-hyuk's hit Netflix series "Squid Game," you probably know why the show features a ton of new characters in its second season. During the first season, which became one of the streamer's biggest shows ever when it premiered in late 2021, we follow Seong Gi-hun, a man who's seriously down on his luck and owes a ton of money over some unpaid gamblings debts. When he's offered the chance to participate in a mysterious competition, he basically has no other choice but to accept ... and when he's taken to the mysterious location, he realizes that anyone who loses the game is killed on the spot, narrowing the field until (presumably) just one person wins the grand prize of 4.56 billion won.

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Squid Game season 2, episodes 1-7.Squid Game season 2 brings Gi-hun back to the titular tournament, and the Netflix series introduces a wide range of new players in the process. Squid Game's newest characters are just as memorable as those introduced in season 1 — in some cases, even more so, as the new episodes spend more time fleshing them out. With Squid Game season 2 only being seven episodes long, it only covers about half of Gi-hun's second competition. As such, there's more room to dive into individual players and their backstories between games.

As alliances are necessary in the Games, Gi-hun becomes acquainted with many of the important supporting players introduced in season 2 — and he even runs into his old friend and gambling buddy, Park Jung-bae, setting him up for yet another tragic loss. Jung-bae is undoubtedly the best new player in Squid Game season 2, though his...

Things get very tense in episode 5 as the games continue to unfold. Here’s our review of Squid Game season 2 episode 5.

Warning! Spoilers for previous episodes but none for episode 5!

There’s a really strong case to be made why weekly releases are better for TV shows. For one, they give you time to process what’s happened in each episode rather than just mindlessly binging every episode in quick succession. It also keeps the show in question in the public consciousness longer when a new episode emerges every week.

But I am incredibly happy Squid Game season 2 has been released all at once.

Last episode ended on a cliffhanger during the next game, which included our teams to complete minigames on a circular game course.

I mentioned in the last review that the cliffhanger isn’t quite as effective as it would be if this was released weekly, but...

Fans and critics alike praised Netflix’s Squid Game, which went on to become another popular series for the streaming site. It has been a while since we learned that the series will receive a second season, the premiere date of which is coming up very, very soon.

The first season, which aired in 2021 and included nine episodes, was followed by the release of the reality spin-off Squid Game: The Challenge in 2023. Netflix is gradually getting ready for the second season’s premiere, whose premiere is set for December 26, 2024, and what is the best way to do it than with the first full official trailer for the upcoming season?

Yes, Netflix has finally released the official trailer for the second season of Squid Game and we are, of course, going to bring it to you here in this report, alongside other information about the upcoming second season, whose premiere is exactly one month away.

July Jung made one of the best recent debuts of recent times in Korean cinema back in 2014 with her “A Girl at My Door”, a gritty and superbly acted social drama which screened in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes Film Festival. It went on to receive much critical acclaim and multiple awards at film festivals, with both the director and lead actress Bae Doona receiving praise and accolades for their work. Jung instantly became a director to watch out for but little did we know that it would take eight years before she would step behind the camera again for “Next Sohee”, which closed the International Critics’ Week at Cannes this year.

“Next Sohee” is available from Echelon Studios

Bright, cheerful and feisty Sohee is like any other high schooler who wants to be a dancer, loves hanging out with her friends and boyfriend and would readily fight...

A student experiences the grim realities of the workplace in July Jung’s chilling portrait of a generation of South Koreans let down by society

The future is not so much a prize to be seized by the young as it is bleak, foreclosed and unrelenting in this drama from South Korean director July Jung. Sohee (Kim Si-Eun) is a free-spirited high schooler with a fiercely independent streak and a love of dance. At school, her teacher pulls her aside and shares the good news: he’s found her an internship at a call centre. But the signs that she will hate the job are there on day one: during training, managers advise staff – all young, all female, all considered expendable – what lipstick to wear.

The film was inspired by a news story about a student who killed themselves while on a work placement, and one can sense Jung (who...

July Jung made one of the best recent debuts of recent times in Korean cinema back in 2014 with her “A Girl at My Door”, a gritty and superbly acted social drama which screened in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes Film Festival. It went on to receive much critical acclaim and multiple awards at film festivals, with both the director and lead actress Bae Doona receiving praise and accolades for their work. Jung instantly became a director to watch out for but little did we know that it would take eight years before she would step behind the camera again for “Next Sohee”, which closed the International Critics' Week at Cannes this year.

Next Sohee will be released in cinemas in the UK, starting June 14, courtesy of day for night

Bright, cheerful and feisty Sohee is like any other high schooler who wants to be a dancer, loves hanging...