Short Circuit

When you look over Steve Guttenberg’s body of work, one movie stands out as better than the rest. But since Cocoon isn’t available for streaming, we’re left with Short Circuit. It may not have won any Oscars, and it may have been slightly racist in parts (really, Fisher Stevens as an Indian?), but it was one of my favorite movies growing up. And it holds up surprisingly well, even with the dreadful ’80s attire.

They were shooting for a futuristic look, but the decades have revised Number Five into a sort of proto-steampunk robot traipsing around the world and learning what it’s like to be alive. Just remember: disassemble = dead.

Short Circuit on Hulu Plus