Shaun brushes up for an exciting day in the stop-motion animated comedy “Shaun the Sheep Movie.”

Shaun the sheep escapes from an animal control officer with Bitzer the sheep dog and Slip the stray dog in the stop-motion animated comedy “Shaun the Sheep Movie,” introducing Classic Cinemas’ annual Wednesday Morning Movie Series.

David Bowie stars as the Goblin King in the 1986 fantasy film “Labyrinth,” part of the Critics Classics Series at the Elk Grove Theatre Wednesday night.

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Critic’s notebook

• Classic Cinemas’ popular Wednesday Morning Movie Series cranks up its 2016 season with the delightful animated comedy “Shaun the Sheep” at 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 8, at participating theaters. The series features G- and PG-rated movies that run through Aug. 10 with doors opening at 9 a.m.

On the schedule: the numbing “Norm of the North” on June 15; “Goosebumps” on June 22; “Minions” on June 29; “Hotel Transylvania 2” on July 6; “The Peanuts Movie” on July 13; the awful “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip” on July 20; “Space Jam” on July 27; and surprise movies on both Aug. 3 and Aug. 10.

Admission: $1! Games and costumed characters will also be at the theaters, including the Charlestowne 18 in St. Charles, the Cinema 12 in Carpentersville, the Elk Grove in Elk Grove Village, the Fox Lake, the Lake in Oak Park, the Ogden 6 in Naperville, the Tivoli in Downers Grove, the Woodstock and the York in Elmhurst. classiccinemas.com.

• The Chicago premiere of the locally produced comedy “My Friend’s Rubber Ducky” headlines the Midwest Independent Film Festival starting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at the Century Centre, 2828 N. Clark St., Chicago. A filmmakers panel precedes the film at 6:30 p.m.

The film’s about a slightly tipsy man who kidnaps a friend because he owes him $5,000. “Rubber Ducky” has been written and directed by Josh Hyde using an all-Chicago cast and crew. Go