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Joe Fox, played by Tom Hanks, has it all planned out. The future for him is in book superstores and, to this end, he sees his new branch as the one that is going to drive Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan), and any others in the area, out of business. He is not averse to checking out his competition up close and personal, but when his 11-year-old aunt, Annabelle, wants to visit "The Shop Around the Corner", he just calls himself "Joe". He purchases several books for his aunt and nephew, Matt. The high price that Kathleen charges him tells him that the store does not sell very many books.

In his personal life Joe is not getting on well with his girlfriend. This nudges him, as the handle "NY152", into a cyber romance with the handle "Shopgirl". The fun starts when the pair set up a date IRL (in real life), not realising that they are business rivals.

Tom Hanks got his career boosted with a starring role in the television series "Bosom Buddies" (1980-82). He would receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actor for his role in "Big" (1988) before winning the award twice in the 1990s for "Philadelphia" (1993) and "Forrest Gump" (1994). He would also receive a nomination for his work in "Saving Private Ryan" (1998).

The picture is a fox with a bushy tail.

The movie starts out at Thanksgiving and the store closes at Christmas with one final sale. Kathleen Kelly (played by Meg Ryan) is the owner of a bookstore named "The Shop Around the Corner" and does her best to withstand the impact of the new book superstore that has opened up around the corner. Despite enlisting the help of a famous author to spruik the store's strengths, and having her roomie, Frank Navasky (Greg Kinnear), use his newspaper column to deplore the intrusion of the superstore into the neighbourhood, the The Shop Around the Corner continues to lose sales.

Kathleen decides she can no longer keep the store open and has a sale before Christmas to sell as much stock as possible. The store, decorated by the staff, has a lovely tree that incudes a pair of red ballet slippers, a nod to Kathleen's mother.

The picture is of Father Christmas - indicating the time of year.

Joe Fox and all his family have their yachts moored together like the three bears - a huge one for Grandfather Fox, a mid-sized one for Joe's father, and a more modest one (who am I kidding, it's luxurious!) owned by Joe - the boat is called Fox III.

When Joe and his girlfriend break up, he retreats to the vessel where he commiserates with his father, who has also broken up with his wife, when she ran off with Nanny Maureen.

The picture is a sailing boat.

Food seems to play a significant role in the film, with the caviar scene a standout. Kathleen and Joe are at a cocktail party, chatting away and admiring the magnificent buffet before them, sniping gently at each other about the importance and cost of books.

In the process, the pair are moving around the table and Joe is taking a bit of food from every plate. They come to a large plate of egg salad and Joe, much to Kathleen's disgust, starts to spoon the caviar onto his plate. She rebukes him, saying, "You're taking all the caviar? That caviar is a garnish." Of course, Joe takes more...!

While we're on food, Kathleen seems to drink a lot of iced coffee and, as a contrast, Joe orders a "mochaccino, decaf, nonfat". He purchases a mango at the street market, too.

Trivially, Nora Ephron had apparently always wanted to include the word 'garnish' in a movie, and here acheived her wish.

Nora Ephron would have loved the picture of the caviar in a glass - not really a garnish!

Kathleen Kelly goes to a local cafe to meet NY152, the man she has been exchanging emails with online. They agree that he will know her because she will have a copy of her favourite book, "Pride and Prejudice" on the table, along with a rose.

A colleague of Fox's informs Joe that the person sitting at the table in the cafe is Kathleen Kelly and he is horrified, as their previous encounters have been unfriendly. He decides to wait until she has decided that NY152 is not coming and then enters the cafe to accost her. He also makes fun of the book she has, and discloses that he has actually read it.

Rose is also the name of the cashier at the grocery store who, along with other customers, bawls Kathleen out for not having cash in a cash-only line, and is pictured as the clue.

Written in the early-mid 1900s, there are six "Shoe" books by Noel Streatfeild; "Theater Shoes"; "Ballet Shoes"; "Circus Shoes"; "Movie Shoes"; "Dancing Shoes" and "Skating Shoes". They were written by English author Mary Noel Streatfeild (yes, she was born on Christmas Eve, hence the middle name!). Some of the Carnegie Award-winning books in the Shoe series were originally published under other names, but were changed to create the series.

Once Kathleen Kelly has decided to sell, she goes to look at the Fox Books superstore and sits in the children's section. She overhears someone asking for about the "Shoes" books, and the store clerk, unfamiliar with the series, is unable to answer the question. Kelly answers the question, and makes a recommendation about which one to read first. Joe Fox sees her, but remains out of sight, not yet ready to disclose that he is NY152.

I think the picture is probably of dancing shoes, don't you?

"Shopgirl" (like the girl in the picture) is the cyber handle that Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) uses in her conversations with Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). Kathleen is the owner of the bookshop called "The Shop Around the Corner", a store that her mother used to own and where she spent a many of her childhood hours. She has a love of daisies, children and, naturally, books, her favourite being Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". Her bookstore is struggling and she is about to face some stiff competition from the new book superstore that is opening up nearby, called "Fox Books". No points for guessing who owns that.

Kathleen is in a relationship with Frank Navasky (Greg Kinnear). The pair have been together for what seems like ages but tend to behave more like roommates than lovers. This may well be the reason that she is drawn into her cyber romance with "NY152", whom she does not realise is (SPOILER) Joe Fox.

Brinkley may not have been the star of this show, but he does his level best to try and steal it. Except for when Joe is trying to ingratiate himself into Kathleen's good books, Brinkley is constantly at Joe's side, so much so that you could almost call him Joe's wingman. He is integral to the film in that he (often) is the subject of Joe and Kathleen's conversation in their emails... in some respects, he's responsible for bringing them together. It is rather poignant then that Brinkley is the character Kathleen hears (then sees) when Joe's true identity is revealed.

Brinkley, like the dog in the picture, was a golden retriever.

Every rom-com needs its quirky character to offset the intensity of the leads in the story. In this film it is Birdie Conrad, played by Jean Stapleton. Birdie works for Kathleen at the bookstore as a shop assistant, accountant and financial adviser. She is warm at heart, had a strong and nurturing relationship with Kathleen's mother, and often gives Kathleen the advice she would have given Kathleen's mother, who died when Kathleen was young. As for the quirk... she was in a relationship with a Spanish dictator, but refuses to divulge any details.

Smile for the birdie in the picture!

There's a picture in the bookstore - taken in the bookstore - of Kathleen and her mother 'twirling'. One the last day, when Kathleen is about to walk out the door, she turns off the lights, and take one last look back into the depths of the shadows. She 'sees' herself twirling with her mother, squealing with happiness.

The picture is of the spinning top which spends its life still or twirling.