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DVD previews: 'Peanuts Movie,' 'In the Heart of the Sea'

Here's a look at DVDs coming out Tuesday, March 8:

"The Peanuts Movie" (G, 93 minutes, 20th Century Fox): Computer-animated, 3-D tale based on a script written in part by the son and grandson of "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz. Contains nothing objectionable, except for unlicensed dispensing of psychiatric advice by Lucy. Extras include six "Snoopy Snippets," "Better When I'm Dancin'" Meghan Trainor music and lyric videos, "You Never Grow Up Charlie Brown," "Snoopy's Sibling Salute," "Learn to Draw Snoopy, Woodstock and Charlie Brown," "Get Down With Snoopy and Woodstock Music Video," "Behind the Scenes of Better When I'm Dancin'" and "Snoopy's Playlist."

"Macbeth" (R, 113 minutes, The Weinstein Co./Anchor Bay): Michael Fassbender stars as Shakespeare's ambitious Scottish nobleman, who murders his king (David Thewlis) after a group of witches predicts Macbeth's ascension to the throne. Washington Post critic Michael O'Sullivan declared the film "a mournful masterpiece, rendering Shakespeare's spectacle with all the sorrow and majesty that it deserves." Contains brutal violence and brief sexuality. Extras include a Q&A with Michael Fassbender and "Making Macbeth" featurette.

"In the Heart of the Sea" (PG-13, 122 minutes, Warner): Ron Howard-directed adventure focuses on the real-life whaling voyage that inspired Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." Contains intense violence, maritime peril and disturbing thematic material. Extras include "Chase & Pollard: A Man of Means and a Man of Courage." Blu-ray adds "Whale Tales: Melville's Untold Story," "The Hard Life of a Whaler," "Lightning Strikes Twice: The Real-Life Sequel to Moby Dick," "Commanding the Heart of the Sea," deleted and extended scenes, and "Ron Howard: Captain's Log."

Also: "Beyond Beyond" (animated Dove Seal of Approval winner), "The Blue Hour" (supernatural love story from Thailand), "Coming Home" (Chinese drama about victims of the Cultural Revolution), "Flesh for the Inferno" (horror story about a group of murdered vengeful nuns), "40 Love" (French father-son drama), "Frankenstein" (modern retelling of the classic), "The Mask You Live In" (documentary exploring America's definition of masculinity), "Nelson Algren: The End is Nothing, the Road is All" (profile of "The Man With the Golden Arm" author), "Open Season: Scared Silly" (new animated "Open Season" movie), "Out of the Inferno" (Hong Kong "towering inferno" tale), "Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2" (follow-up to 1999 cult hit "SLC Punk!"), "10,000 km" (Spanish long-distance love story), "Victor Frankenstein" (James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe as Dr. Frankenstein and Igor), "The Wonders" (Italian family of beekeepers takes in a troubled teenage boy), "You're Killing Me" (when a man starts dating a serial killer, his friends begin to disappear).

Television series: "Community: The Complete Final Season" (two-disc set with all 13 episodes), "The Heavy Water War" (all six episodes of the Norwegian miniseries), "Hogan's Heroes: The Complete Series" (28-disc set with all 168 episodes from all six seasons), "Mammon - Season 1" (three-disc set with all six episodes of the conspiracy-thriller Norwegian TV series), "Manhattan: Season 2" (all 10 episodes of the series), "The Spoils of Babylon" (IFC mock miniseries), "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Season One" (two-disc set with all 13 episodes).

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