Like most years, the Oscars 2014 had its share of funny or amusing moments as well as its sweepingly or quietly emotional moments. Of course, every year also has its share of excellent speeches and here were my personal favorites from this year.

Last week we opened the polls for our very first, very own awards ceremony, the Mythies, celebrating the best in genre movies and fringe movie categories. Well, our readers have spoken and the results are in.

With the Oscars fast approaching, we at Pop Mythology decided that we’d like to recognize some of 2013’s cinematic highlights in our own unique way, highlighting films and performances which the Academy is likely to ignore: the geek films, the superhero films, the end of the world films, and the cheap films.

Ellen Page is an actress who has used her roles to push back against standards of beauty and gender and to question the status quo for some time. Here are 5 representative roles in which she does this.

RoboCop is not only as good as the 1987 original, it’s even better.

This infographic showing, at a glance, which Marvel character is owned by which studio, is brilliant.

Psyching you up for the new RoboCop movie are Alltime10s with another one of their list videos, this time bringing you 10 interesting factoids related to Paul Verhoeven's 1987 masterpiece.

Sadly, despite its good intentions, if The Monuments Men is remembered at all, it will be as a minor work.

Welcome to the Jungle is an entirely likable comedy that once again illustrates the timeless truism that so long as he can stop being a pushover, the smart nerd always wins and gets the girl while the coarse, aggressive d**khead gets his face righteously kicked by Jean-Claude Van Damme.

Enemies Closer is an enjoyable popcorn flick that that doesn’t seek to be anything more than what it is, and what it is should quite please JCVD’s legion of loyal, enthusiastic fans. And, yes, he still kicks ass.

Ultimately, Shadow Recruit is exactly like every other Tom Clancy-inspired thriller: fine and forgettable.

A new documentary, Doomed!, is coming that sets out to answer the question of why the Roger Corman produced Fantastic Four in the mid nineties was never released, and it's conspiracy almost as deep as the Kennedy assassination.

Although beautifully filmed, acted, and realized, one’s enjoyment of Her is based on how deeply one buys into the film’s central conceit: the love between a man and his operating system.

Dallas Buyers Club is a well-acted, well-made film, the exact type that one can expect during the push toward Oscar season. It just doesn’t live up to the transcendence it so desperately proclaims.

The New Year's Day Film tradition is about more than entertainment or opening the year with something enjoyable. It’s about establishing a state of mind, acknowledging that things aren’t perfect, never will be, but remaining focused on what’s most important.