What’s hitting theaters today
Friday’s slate in Spain has something for everyone: an all-out epic, a horror reunion gone sideways, and a light-hearted romantic tangle. If you’re picking movies like you pick tapas, there’s a little of everything.
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — ancient myths, blockbuster energy
Nolan returns with a sea-spanning take on Odysseus’s post-Trojan War misadventures. It’s big, noisy, and proudly old-school in its spectacle — only this time with Nolan’s brain turned up to eleven.
The cast reads like a who’s-who of today’s movie orbit: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya and a bunch of other heavy hitters. Expect heroics, crew drama and set pieces that feel like they were carved out of marble and then dunked in pyrotechnics.
Storywise it’s the familiar homebound odyssey: monsters (yes, Polyphemus makes an appearance), siren shenanigans and the island-calypso pause that tests a hero’s patience. But the focus isn’t just on spectacle — the film pushes at how a man stitches himself back together after war, with Nolan’s usual emphasis on tension and time.
The Evil Dead: The Awakening — family therapy, meet Deadite therapy
The sixth entry in the cult horror series throws the franchise back into a domestic ring. A grieving woman tries to find solace with her late husband’s relatives at their remote family home — because nothing says comfort like creaky floorboards and suspiciously smiling relatives.
Predictably, the household starts losing its humanity and gaining supernatural attitude. The film leans into body-horror comedy moments and bruising scares, with the series’ trademark mix of gore-light spectacle and dark humor. It’s played for shocks and laughs rather than highbrow philosophy — a wild, gory family reunion you didn’t know you needed.
Ni contigo ni sin mí — exes, birthdays and beachfront awkwardness
For a softer change of pace there’s this rom-com from A Contracorriente. Ernesto’s life hits a low note when his wife dumps him right before his birthday. He retreats to his beach house with a buddy, planning an evening of sulking and bad cake.
Of course, fate has other plans: the neighbor’s new girlfriend turns out to be Ernesto’s ex. Cue sentimental one-liners, awkward encounters and a healthy dose of seaside melodrama. It’s breezy, familiar comfort cinema — the kind that makes you laugh at other people’s romantic misfires and maybe feel a little better about your own.
Why any of this matters
Whether you want chest-thumping mythic spectacle, gory cult thrills, or a cheeky romantic comedy, today’s releases cover the mood spectrum. Pick Nolan if you want grand ambition; the new Evil Dead if you want loud, bloody fun; or the rom-com if you’d rather leave the adrenaline for the popcorn line.