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Five Festive New Movies

1 Father Christmas Is Back

’Tis the season for family infighting! Control freak Caroline Christmas (Nathalie Cox) invites her quirky sisters (played by Elizabeth Hurley, Talulah Riley and Naomi Frederick) to her fabulous country manor for a peaceful holiday retreat. But when their estranged father (Kelsey Grammer, above center) turns up with his muchyounger girlfriend, they don’t see his presence as a present. Available now

2 A Castle for Christmas

Move over, Outlander! A new romance hits the Highlands when an author (Brooke Shields, top left) heads to Scotland to buy a castle from a reluctant seller with royal roots (Cary Elwes). Thankfully, a seasonal celebration and the lush setting help melt the chilly pair’s hearts. “The landscape, the castles, the villages…they lend a fairy-tale feeling,” director Mary Lambert says. Available Friday, Nov. 26

3 Single All the Way

“I wanted to [make] the Christmas movie I’d never seen,” says writer Chad Hodge of this same-sex rom-com about bachelor Peter (Michael Urie) and the buddy (Philemon Chambers) he goads into pretending to be his beau during a trip home to see his family. Making the season brighter (and funnier) are Kathy Najimy scene-stealer Jennifer Coolidge (bottom left, with Urie) as a daffy aunt “who writes, directs and stars in the town pageant,” teases Hodge. “So buckle up.”