What’s Hot

* Last week’s Top 5 VHS rentals: “The General’s Daughter,” “American Pie,” “Deep Blue Sea,” “Wild Wild West” and “Entrapment.”

* Last week’s Top 5 VHS sellers: “The Matrix” (Collectors’ Edition), “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me,” “Inspector Gadget,” “Big Daddy” and “Saving Private Ryan.”

What’s New

In stores this week:

* “The Thomas Crown Affair” (MGM), romantic thriller starring Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo. (R)

* “Black Cat White Cat” (USA), Emir Kusturica’s latest. (R)

* “Stormcatcher” (Columbia TriStar), thriller starring Dolph Lundgren. (R)

* “Tinseltown” (Columbia TriStar), comedy starring Arye Gross. (R)

What’s Coming

* Tuesday: “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”

* Feb. 8: “Blue Streak,” “The Astronaut’s Wife,” “Trick” and “Romance”

* Feb. 15: “The Story of Us,” “The Muse,” “In Too Deep,” “Brokedown Palace,” “Breakfast of Champions,” “Joe the King” and “The Lovers on the Bridge”’

* Feb. 22: “Bats” and “Best Laid Plans”

Rental video charts provided by VSDA

VidTrac, sales charts by VideoScan Inc.