The week’s DVDs begin in Pennsylvania:

DVDs and streaming for March 3 by Boo Allen

This week, we begin in Pennsylvania:

Foxcatcher (***)

In this fact-based, five-time Oscar-nominated film directed by nominee Bennett Miller (Capote, Moneyball), Channing Tatum plays Olympic wrestler Mark Shultz, with nominee Mark Ruffalo as his brother and co-medalist Dave. Best Actor nominee Steve Carell plays John E. du Pont in a creepy performance accentuating the mental unbalance of the chemical mogul. Vanessa Redgrave takes a small role as du Pont’s controlling, domineering mother. The script from Oscar nominees E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman follows du Pont as he uses his family’s chemical fortune to set up an Olympic training facility at his Pennsylvania Foxcatcher estate. He then recruits Mark to live there, and, eventually, tries to entice the reluctant Dave. Director Miller creates a creeping sense of doom and unease and maintains it throughout the film.

Rated R, 134 minutes.

Vanish (**1/2)

First-time feature writer-director Bryan Bockbrader takes a road trip in this action-thriller with Danny Trejo, who receives featured billing but never appears until late in the film. The plot revolves around a poorly planned kidnapping. Three knuckleheads combine to nab the daughter (Maiara Walsh) of a drug lord (Trejo) and keep her in their van while delivering a ransom demand. Before long, various angry factions are all on their trail. Bockbrader sporadically succeeds in delivering some good action sequences even if he spends most of his time stuck inside the van. With Tony Todd, Bryan Brock, Adam Guthrie.

Not rated, 79 minutes.

Extras: commentary, an eight minute gag reel, and nine minutes of three alternate endings.

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Neverbeast (***)

Disney sends Tinker Bell back to Pine Hollow for her latest adventure, this time with the fantastical creature, the Neverbeast. Tinker Bell (voice of Mae Whitman) travels with her good friend, and fairy, Fawn (Ginnifer Goodwin). What begins as an act of curiosity becomes one of rescue, as Fawn ends up having to convince several fellow-fairies in helping the seemingly doomed Neverbeast. Other voices are supplied by Rosario Dawson, Lucy Liu, Megan Hilty, Pamela Adlon, Raven-Symoné, Anjelica Huston, and narrated by Grey Griffin.

Rated G, 76 minutes.

Extras: the “making of” featurette “5 Essential Ingredients to Getting Gruff,” a featurette with director Steve Loter reminiscing on his daughter’s influence on him–“My Dad’s Movie: The True Story of NeverBeast,” Jeff Corwin’s “Guide to the Real-World NeverBeast,” and deleted scenes with introduction from Loter, a featurette on the film’s animals, a musical montage, and a featurette filmed at the film’s premiere.

The Beginner’s Bible

Timed for an Easter appearance, this collection of three animated Bible stories features Kathie Lee Gifford singing the theme song. Familiar stories include the stories of Easter, Moses, and the Nativity.

Not rated, 90 minutes.

And, finally, from this week’s TV arrivals:

Da Vinci’s Demons—season two

The sophomore season of this audacious Starz Original series witnesses no less than the Pope’s excommunication of the entire city of Florence (Oh.no.he.didn’t). The series gleefully paints one of the greatest minds ever, Leonardo da Vinci (Tom Riley), as a swaggering young hunk with a fondness for action and women. The season of ten episodes, on three discs, sees Leonardo and Lorenzo Medici (Elliot Cowan) fighting not only Pope Sixtus (James Faulkner) and evil but flexible Rirario (Blake Ritson), but also traveling to exotic locales, including Naples, Rome, Turkey, the New World, and even the Vault of Heaven. As the eventful season ends, Italy awaits an Ottoman attack. Created by David S. Goyer. With Laura Haddock, Gregg Chillin, Laura Pulver, and many others.

Not rated, 548 minutes.

Extras: the “making of” featurette “Creating the World,” a featurette on the “New Sets,” a segment on “A Closer Look,” and, for refreshers, “The Journey Begins: Season One Recap.”

The Carol Burnett Show: Together Again

The eleven years of The Carol Burnett Show (1967-1978) keep on giving with this single disc collection of three favorite episodes. Included are “The Family,” with the usual family gathering (Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, Tim Conway) along with Roddy McDowall guest-starring as brother Phillip. Also featured are the sketches “The Old Folks” and “Carol and Sis.” In addition, found within are the well-received movie parodies “High Hat” and “Raised to be Rotten.” Other guest stars include Ruth Buzzi and Norma Desmond herself, in a rare television appearance by Gloria Swanson.

Not rated, 158 minutes.

Also on DVD and streaming: Ask Me Anything, Believe Me, Black November, Private Peaceful, Web Junkie.