What’s Hot
Last week’s Top 5 rentals: “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Big Daddy,” “Entrapment,” “Notting Hill” and “The Haunting”
* Last week’s Top 5 sellers: “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Pokemon: Pickachu Party,” “Pokemon: Great Race,” “The Iron Giant” and “Prince of Egypt”
What’s New
In stores this week:
* “Deep Blue Sea” (Warner), shark-on-rampage thriller starring Thomas Jane. (R)
* “Inspector Gadget” (Disney, $25), comedy starring Matthew Broderick. (PG)
* “The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn” (Trimark), drama starring Sidney Poitier. (PG)
* “Strangers in Good Company” (First Run), tale of friendship directed by Cynthia Scott.
* “New Rose Hotel” (Sterling), cyberfunk fantasy starring Christopher Walken. (R)
* “Hoods” (Pioneer), comedy starring Joe Mantegna. (R)
* “Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story” (Xenon Entertainment), drama starring Lynn Whitfield.
* Also: “UFC XVIII: The Road to the Heavyweight Title,” wrestling; “Marius and Jeannette” (New Yorker), French comedy; “The School of Flesh” (Columbia TriStar), French drama; “Pusher” (First Run), Danish thriller; “The Milky Way” (Kino), Arabian fable.
What’s Coming
* Tuesday: “The General’s Daughter,” “Dick,” “The Red Violin,” “Drop Dead Gorgeous,” “The Harmonists,” “Teaching Mrs. Tingle” and “The Very Thought of You.”
* Dec. 21: “American Pie,” “Summer of Sam,” “Run Lola Run” and “Elmo in Grouchland”
* Dec. 28: “Mickey Blue Eyes,” “Dudley Do-Right.” “Deja Vu,” “Desert Blue” and “Universal Soldier: The Return”
* Jan. 4: “The Thomas Crown Affair”
Rental video charts provided by VSDA
VidTrac, sales charts by VideoScan Inc.