Selected home-video releases:Charlotte’s WebThe children’s tale that gave spiders a good name comes to life in a live-action version, using striking visual effects to make all those barnyard animals speak. The filmmakers herded together a superstar voice cast led by Julia Roberts as the spider Charlotte, who takes pity on young runt pig Wilbur and hatches plans to make sure her friend does not wind up on the dinner table. Dakota Fanning leads the human cast, while other creature voices are provided by Robert Redford, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, John Cleese, Reba McEntire and Kathy Bates. The DVD features deleted scenes with commentary from director Gary Winick, who also provides commentary for the full movie. The disc also has seven behind-the-scenes featurettes — including background on the story’s author, E.B. White — and a music video by Sarah MacLachlan. DVD, $29.99. (Paramount)The Good ShepherdRobert De Niro directs and co-stars in an epic dramatization about the founding of the CIA and the development of its espionage methods over a period of decades, from World War II into the heart of the Cold War. Matt Damon plays an idealistic Yale scholar who is recruited into the spy game and gradually becomes a man so devoted that his cause and his country take precedence over his wife (Angelina Jolie, in a curiously superficial role) and their son. The movie clocks in at a whopping and excessive length of nearly three hours, but for those who still want more, the DVD has 16 minutes of deleted footage. The film comes in a standard DVD release or in a combination disc with high-definition HD DVD and standard versions. DVD, $29.98; HD DVD combo disc, $39.98. (Universal)VolverPenelope Cruz teams up again with Pedro Almodovar, who directed her in “All About My Mother” and “Live Flesh,” and delivers a career performance that earned her an Academy Awards nomination for best actress. Cruz plays a spirited working-class mom who leads a cast of strong women faced with dark secrets, tragic twists and strange surprises, including the seeming return of a woman (Almodovar veteran Carmen Maura) from beyond the grave. Almodovar and Cruz pair up for audio commentary, and the DVD features a making-of segment and cast and crew interviews, along with an American Film Institute tribute to Cruz. DVD, $28.95; Blu-ray disc, $38.96. (Sony)The Natural: Director’s CutHollywood throws out one of the first pitches of baseball season with a new version of Barry Levinson’s 1984 sports drama, starring Robert Redford as a natural star who could have been the greatest the game ever saw if not for a violent detour in his youth. Levinson adds about 15 minutes of previously unused footage and drastically recuts the first act to restore what he calls the filmmakers’ original intent to depict the origins of Redford’s Roy Hobbs, who returns to baseball as a middle-aged rookie and shakes up the sport with mythic batting talent. The two-disc set has a huge range of featurettes, among them a segment examining the mythology behind the story. DVD set, $24.94. (Sony)Reel BaseballThe early days of Major League baseball get a lovely revival with this two-disc set gathering two feature-length films and 11 shorts from the silent era, ranging from a one-minute cinematic snippet shot in 1899 to 1920’s full-length “Headin’ Home,” starring the young, trim Babe Ruth. Also included is the 1919 feature-length comedy “The Busher”; a 1922 experiment in talking pictures that features a recitation of “Casey at the Bat”; a 1917 short film with legendary New York Giants manager John McGraw; and a “Felix the Cat” baseball cartoon from 1922. DVD set, $29.95. (Kino)TV on DVD“Entourage: Season Three, Part 1” — A rising actor (Adrian Grenier) braces for superstardom as his action blockbuster prepares to open in the hit series that examines the pleasures and pressures of Hollywood. A three-disc set has 12 episodes, plus cast and crew commentary and a featurette. DVD set, $39.98. (HBO)

“Twin Peaks: The Second Season”>— The second and final year of David Lynch’s short-lived ode to bizarre doings in the Northwest comes to DVD. Kyle MacLachlan stars as a cheery FBI man investigating the death of a prom queen, the latest in a string of killings by an evil force. The six-disc set has the last 22 episodes. DVD set, $61.99.

“Law & Order: The Fifth Year”$>— The venerable anchor series of the crime-and-punishment franchise returns with a five-disc set packing 23 episodes of the show that follows cops and prosecutors as they put away bad guys. DVD set, $59.98.

“Mind of Mencia: Uncensored — Season 2̶<$>— Comedian Carlos Mencia uses monologues, commercial spoofs and interviews with real people to skewer pop culture, current events and anything else that comes to mind. Season two’s 14 episodes come in a two-disc set, along with deleted scenes. DVD set, $26.99.

“Roseanne: The Complete Seventh Season” — Roseanne Barr and John Goodman are back as heads of a dysfunctional household in the groundbreaking sitcom that took on real issues from a working-class perspective. A four-disc set has year four’s 25 episodes. DVD set, $39.98. (Anchor Bay)