A Clockwork Orange follows the life of a young violent amoral anarchist antihero, his actions, society's response to them and the consequences of both. All set to a delightful and energetic treatment of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
This film is a Kubrick classic, well deserving of its cult status and it's position as one of the best films of all time. It is also a film that has become infamous for sex and violence. This infamy has often been the films' greatest draw card, but if it is this that attracts you, you will be disappointed. By current film standards A Clockwork Orange is quite tame.
A Clockwork Orange did shock audiences upon its first release in 1971 and it still may shock some, especially the rape scene. However the shock value is an integral element in appreciating the issues of crime and the dilemmas society faces in trying to deal with it. In this regard the sex and violence are not gratuitous and overall A Clockwork Orange is as thought provoking George Orwell's '1984', but more enjoyable.

It sounds like the dream job-winter caretaker of a fancy hotel in the Rockies with minimal responsibilities and uninterrupted peace to work on that book. But Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) is a recovering alcoholic and moving into the isolated Overlook Hotel with his family lets them all in for a terrifying experience. Jack's son, Danny (Danny Lloyd), has a sort of visionary gift-his ability to "shine"-and this allows him to see some of the horrors of the Overlook before they begin to unfold. Will his premonitions be enough to save his family, and from what do they need to be saved?
Although apparently Stephen King was not impressed by Kubrick's adaptation of his "little story about writer's block", given his endorsement of the recent remake, I think The Shining is a great film. The subject matter is somewhat condensed but Kubrick makes the material his own, with some truly spooky sequences which don't succumb to horror movie predictability. Nicholson is at his manic best, apparently ad-libbing many of his best lines, and vying with Danny's eerie visions to be the scariest thing in a very scary film.