I'm Putting You on (Red) Notice
Dad and daughter beg to differ on "Red Notice," Netflix's most expensive production to date ($200 million). Kate thinks the action comedy starring Dwayne Johnson, Gail Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds is a waste of time. Steve thinks it's an entertaining action movie with memorable one-liners from Reynolds. Who's right? Listen in!  We also discuss:

Theaters/Streaming:

• "Belfast," Sir Kenneth Branagh's intimate crowd-pleasing movie  about being a young boy in a gritty Northern Ireland neighborhood when the "Troubles" begin. Music by Van Morrison.
• "Cruella," with Emma Stone and Emma Thompson in the origin story of a villainess only interested in making a fur coat from "101 Dalmations." 
• "All Too Well," a short film written and directed by Taylor Swift based on her song about her relationship with actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

Books:

• "Cloud Cuckoo Land," by Anthony Doerr. The latest book from the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist ("All the Light We Cannot See") is a soaring story about children  in worlds in peril, who find resilience, hope—and a book. 
• "The Lewis Man," by Peter May.  In this crime thriller, a body is found in the peat bogs on the storm-tossed Isle of Lewis off the coast of Scotland. An elderly man with dementia may have the only clues to the identity of the corpse ... and his killer.

Popahallics #58 Playlist
Why listen to mere mortals when you can hear bigger-than-life personalities like '"Van the Man," Taylor Swift, Ike and Tina Turner, and, yes, Cruella DeVille? Go big with this episode's playlist. Listen.