Disney’s Freeform is running #StayTheFFHome movie marathons filled with your favorite rom-coms
Please, for the love of TV, stay home. Maybe you’ve already gone through your entire Netflix queue and watched all your recorded shows, and now you feel like you’re staring down a long, never-ending, quarantine tunnel of boredom. We get it. But there’s light: Freeform is putting on movie marathons throughout each weekend of April, and the lineup is stacked.
Nostalgia is medicine in times like these, so we’re stoked to see that some throwback classics like Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, and Back to the Future made the list. And to call on that childlike spirit we could all use right now, Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, A Bug’s Life, and more are in the mix. Each weekend marathon has a theme, so you know exactly what you’re getting into. There’s a chick flick weekend (though we really wish that term was expired by now), superhero movie weekend, “FunDay” weekend, and Hunger Games weekend.
The festivities kick off on Friday, April 3rd at 5:30 p.m. EST with an all-night marathon of Freeform’s new comedy Everything’s Gonna Be Okay. The movies begin on Saturday, April 4th at 7:00 a.m. with Rock of Ages.
This only works if all of us do it together. Hang in there. #StayTheFFHome
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Along with the themed marathons, the network is also launching a social distancing campaign, aptly named #StayTheFFHome, to provide a multi-platform experience to keep viewers even more engaged. As Entertainment Weekly reported, a press release explains that #StayTheFFHome “aims to distract, educate, and entertain fans while creating a sense of communal viewing.”
See the full #StayTheFFHome movie marathon schedule below.
Saturday, April 4th (Chick Flick Weekend)
7:00 a.m.: Rock of Ages
10:10 a.m.: Miss Congeniality
12:50 p.m.: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
3:30 p.m.: Dirty Dancing
6:05 p.m.: Pretty Woman
8:45 p.m.: Pitch Perfect
11:25 p.m.: Keeping Up with The Joneses
Sunday, April 5th (Chick Flick Weekend continued)
7:30 a.m.: Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
10:13 a.m.: Keeping Up with the Joneses
12:47 p.m.: Dirty Dancing
3:24 p.m.: Pretty Woman
6:05 p.m.: Pitch Perfect
8:45 p.m.: How to Be Single
11:20 p.m.: Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Saturday, April 11th (Superhero Movie Weekend)
7:30 a.m.: Back to the Future
10:10 a.m.: Holes
12:50 p.m.: Bolt
3:00 p.m.: Jumanji (1995)
5:30 p.m.: The Incredibles
8:10 p.m.: Spider-Man: Homecoming
11:20 p.m.: Guardians of the Galaxy
Sunday, April 12th (Superhero Movie Weekend continued)
7:30 a.m.: Holes
10:10 a.m.: Bolt
12:20 p.m.: Jumanji (1995)
2:50 p.m.: The Incredibles
5:30 p.m.: Spider-Man: Homecoming
8:40 p.m.: Guardians of the Galaxy
11:20 p.m.: Back to the Future
Saturday, April 18th (FunDay Weekend)
7:30 a.m.: What a Girl Wants
10:00 a.m.: Grown Ups
12:25 p.m.: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
3:05 p.m.: Matilda
5:10 p.m.: Despicable Me
7:15 p.m.: Despicable Me 2
9:25 p.m.: Wreck-It Ralph
11:30 p.m.: The Jungle Book (2016)
Sunday, April 19th (FunDay Weekend continued)
8:00 a.m.: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
10:30 a.m.: Matilda
12:35 p.m.: The Jungle Book (2016)
3:05 p.m.: Despicable Me
5:10 p.m.: Despicable Me 2
7:20 p.m.: Wreck-It Ralph
9:25 p.m.: A Bug’s Life
11:30 p.m.: Jumanji (1995)
Saturday, April 25th (Hunger Games Weekend)
8:00 a.m.: The Waterboy
10:00 a.m.: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
1:15 p.m.: The Hunger Games
4:30 p.m.: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
8:05 p.m.: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
10:45 p.m.: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
Sunday, April 26th (Hunger Games Weekend continued)
7:30 a.m.: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
10:45 a.m.: The Hunger Games
2:00 p.m.: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
5:30 p.m.: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1
8:10 p.m.: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2
11:25 p.m.: Guardians of the Galaxy
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