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Hate It or Rate It: Films for Sunday, 14 October

Film # 1: A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Starring Malcolm McDowell

In the not-too-distant future, a charming young sociopath named Alex, leads a nihilistic lifestyle of 'ultraviolence' which comes to a head when he is jailed for murder and volunteers for an experimental brainwashing treatment to reform criminals in exchange for a shorter prison sentence.

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Film #2: About a Boy (2002)

Starring Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette

A comedy-drama: Will, a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in search of available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons, he meets Marcus, an odd 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends, and as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.

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Film #3: The Untouchables (1987)

Starring Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Andy Garcia, Robert De Niro

Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is deternimed to take down Al Capone but he learns that it's not going to be easy, because Capone has the police in his pocket. But Ness meets Jimmy Malone a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one in the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war. They recruit academy cadet, George Stone and Treasury agent Oscar Wallace, who is also an accountant, who wants to prosecute Capone for tax evasion. When they make headway, Capone tries to get them but they are untouchable.

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Film #4: The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary

A bored multi-millionaire (Pierce Brosnan) struggling to find new challenges arranges for the theft of a Monet painting from a museum. This sets a sexy insurance investigator (Rene Russo) after him, but unexpectedly the two fall in love. Does she keep her ethics and pin him for the crime she knows he committed or does she follow her heart? Things are complicated by a beautiful blonde that he keeps company with, when he is not with her. Denis Leary plays a police detective also investigating the crime, and Faye Dunaway has brief scenes as Thomas' psychiatrist.