VIDEO NEWS

What’s Hot

* Last week’s Top 5 rentals: “Deep Blue Sea,” “Wild Wild West,” “Inspector Gadget,” “Entrapment” and “Big Daddy.”

* Last week’s Top 5 sellers: “The Matrix Collector’s Edition,” “Inspector Gadget,” “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Iron Giant” and “Jack Frost.”

What’s New

In stores this week:

* “American Pie” (Universal), teen sex comedy. (R and unrated)

* “Summer of Sam” (Universal), Spike Lee’s latest. (R)

* “Elmo in Grouchland” (Columbia TriStar), adventure starring the furry red Muppet. (G)

* “Run Lola Run” (Columbia TriStar), German drama. (R)

* “Made Men” (Columbia TriStar), thriller starring Jim Belushi. (PG-13).

* “Caress” (Water Bearer), Spanish drama.

* “John Paul II: The Millennial Pope” (PBS), documentary.

* “Supercop 2” (Dimension), action adventure starring Michelle Yoh. (G)

* “Taxman” (PM), mystery staring Joe Pantoliano. (R)

* “Witness to the Mob” (Trimark), gangster drama starring Nicholas Turturro. (R)

What’s Coming

* Tuesday: “Mickey Blue Eyes,” “Dudley Do-Right,” “Deja Vu,” “Desert Blue” and “Universal Soldier: The Return”

* Jan. 4: “The Thomas Crown Affair”

* Jan. 11: “Mystery Men,” “Lake Placid” and “Detroit Rock City”

* Jan. 18: “Bowfinger,” “An Ideal Husband,” “The 13th Warrior,” “Illuminata,” “Twin Falls, Idaho” and “The Wood”

* Jan. 25: “Runaway Bride,” “My Son the Fanatic” and “My Life So Far”

* Feb. 1: “Tarzan,” “The Winslow Boy,” “Stir of Echoes” and “Love Stinks”

Rental video charts provided by VSDA

VidTrac, sales charts by VideoScan Inc.