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Many films combine animation with live action. But not many filmmakers have had to work with something as fast and elusive as Sonic the Hedgehog. This superfast blue hedgehog is, incidentally, one of the biggest legends in the world of video games. In this case, he has popped out of his video game into this film in order to fight a real villain. But the only appropriate film starring the crazy, superfast and alien hedgehog is a comedy in which our hero uses his supersonic speed to flee from his tireless pursuer, Dr Robotnik.

Sonic the Hedgehog would trade his ability to run faster than anyone else in the world (in any world that he currently finds himself in) for a real friend, in a heartbeat. He sometimes leaves his secluded shelter in the woods and visits a kind-hearted, small-town sheriff named Tom, but that doesn’t count because he doesn’t even notice Sonic, who’s careful not to leave any trace of his presence as he knows that they would instantly go after him. Who is ‘they’? Everyone! But even the most careful hedgehog can slip up. In this case, his slip-up causes a large-scale power outage across the US. To investigate the cause of this colossal outage, the clueless and unsettled government enlists the services of its most competent genius, a slightly crazy scientist who goes by the name Dr. Robotnik. Soon enough, he catches Sonic’s scent. Sonic suddenly finds out that not even his quick feet are enough to escape, especially when he loses the magic rings enabling him to travel between worlds. The only one who knows where they are is his ‘buddy’ Sheriff Tom, who doesn’t actually rush to save an alien hedgehog from the ingenious Dr. Robotnik. But as a real lawman, he realises that he needs to protect those in need and that’s when things start happening.

What makes a human… human? Pixar Animation Studios present their latest feature film, Soul, starring a high school music teacher named Joe Gardner (voiced by Jamie Foxx) who is offered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play in a legendary jazz club. But one step in the wrong direction takes him from the streets of New York into the ‘Great Before’, a fantastic place where newly born souls are prepared for life on Earth and acquire character traits, habits and vices. But Joe desperately clings to life and so he joins forces with soul number 22 (voiced by Tina Fey), who doesn’t understand what makes human life so special. As Joe tries to explain what makes it so unique, he finds answers to the question he asked himself countless times.

Soul won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. Its score is naturally a very important part of the film – in addition to composer Jon Batiste, the music was composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, known as members of the industrial rock band Nine Inch Nails.