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Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93.
Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter.
Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend in 1989, and the couple have their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street at Disneyland.)
The fourth of the five children, Alice May Estes was born on March 26, 1929, in Escalon, California. Her father, Bishop, was a public school principal, and her mother, Naomi, was an art teacher and craftswoman.
Davis went to high school in Long Beach, California, and in...
Alice Estes Davis, who went from designing women’s lingerie and undergarments to coming up with costumes for Disney theme park attractions, films and TV shows, has died. She was 93.
Davis died Thursday at her Los Feliz home in Los Angeles, a spokesperson for Walt Disney Animation told The Hollywood Reporter.
Named a Disney Legend in 2004, she was married to animator Marc Davis — one of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” — from June 1956 until his death in January 2000. (He became a Disney Legend in 1989, and the couple have their names on side-by-side windows on Main Street at Disneyland.)
The fourth of the five children, Alice May Estes was born on March 26, 1929, in Escalon, California. Her father, Bishop, was a public school principal, and her mother, Naomi, was an art teacher and craftswoman.
Davis went to high school in Long Beach, California, and in...
- 11/6/2022
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“I’m filthy — period!” With an ideal cast — Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack and Dorothy Malone — director Douglas Sirk tells a tale with everything the ’50s wouldn’t allow — lust, nymphomania, impotence, the works. It’s perhaps Sirk’s most accomplished, self-contained masterpiece — a glamorous soap with absorbing characters caught in a cycle of unfulfilled desires. An oil dynasty comes tumbling down because the heir is “tortured by a secret that made him lash out at all he loved!” I keep expecting bathos, but this great show makes its world come alive.
Written on the Wind
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 96
1956 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 1, 2022 / 39.95
Starring: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Harry Shannon, John Larch, Joseph Granby, Roy Glenn, Maidie Norman, William Schallert, Kevin Corcoran, Cynthia Patrick.
Cinematography: Russell Metty
Art Directors: Robert Clatworthy,...
Written on the Wind
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 96
1956 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 99 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date February 1, 2022 / 39.95
Starring: Rock Hudson, Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, Robert Keith, Grant Williams, Robert J. Wilke, Edward Platt, Harry Shannon, John Larch, Joseph Granby, Roy Glenn, Maidie Norman, William Schallert, Kevin Corcoran, Cynthia Patrick.
Cinematography: Russell Metty
Art Directors: Robert Clatworthy,...
- 2/22/2022
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
For those of us who grew up during the golden age of Disney live-action movies, we especially adored the House of Mouse’s stable of young stars. Most notably, there was fair-haired British import Hayley Mills, boy-next-door Tommy Kirk, who first broke out on TV in “The Hardy Boys” that aired during “The Mickey Mouse Show,” and that very definition of a Disney kid, Kevin Corcoran, who nailed the pesky pipsqueak brother archetype to a T as a character known as Moochie.
Adult performers like Dean Jones, Guy Williams, Fred MacMurray, Maureen O’Hara, Julie Andrews and even a young Sean Connery pre-Bond were happy to join in the family-friendly fun over the years. Many of these 15 kid-bait titles listed here have been remade over the years by the studio since the originals came out. But those who know there is nothing better than Og Disney fare.
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Adult performers like Dean Jones, Guy Williams, Fred MacMurray, Maureen O’Hara, Julie Andrews and even a young Sean Connery pre-Bond were happy to join in the family-friendly fun over the years. Many of these 15 kid-bait titles listed here have been remade over the years by the studio since the originals came out. But those who know there is nothing better than Og Disney fare.
SEEKurt Russell movies: 15 greatest...
- 3/25/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
For those of us who grew up during the golden age of Disney live-action movies, we especially adored the House of Mouse’s stable of young stars – most notably, fair-haired British import Hayley Mills, Tommy Kirk, who first broke out on TV in “The Hardy Boys” that aired during “The Mickey Mouse Show,” and that very definition of a Disney kid, Kevin Corcoran, who nailed the pesky pipsqueak brother archetype to a T as a character known as Moochie.
With so many of us stuck in the house because of the health crisis who are craving entertainment that can be enjoyed by all ages, you might want to check out this treasure trove of true golden oldies, courtesy of Uncle Walt and Disney’s streaming service.
With so many of us stuck in the house because of the health crisis who are craving entertainment that can be enjoyed by all ages, you might want to check out this treasure trove of true golden oldies, courtesy of Uncle Walt and Disney’s streaming service.
- 3/24/2020
- by Misty Holland and Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
Fiery dame Susan Hayward carries this far-flung ‘women’s epic’ to delirious romantic extremes, as her Irish heroine defies nature and exploits admirers to claim the hunky Dutchman of her dreams. Using apartheid-ridden South Africa as a background for a cheerful white conquest wasn’t as touchy an idea in 1955 as it is now, but it should have been. Just the same, Henry King’s film is an impressive production from the early years of CinemaScope.
Untamed
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 111 min. / Street Date January 22, 2019 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Hope Emerson, Brad Dexter, Henry O’Neill, Eleanor Audley, Kevin Corcoran, Philip Van Zandt.
Cinematography: Leo Tover
Film Editor: Barbara McLean
Original Music: Franz Waxman
Visual Effects: Ray Kellogg, Matthew Yuricich
Written by Talbot Jennings, Frank Fenton, Michael Blankfort, William A. Bacher from a novel by Helga Moray.
Untamed
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 111 min. / Street Date January 22, 2019 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store / 29.95
Starring: Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Richard Egan, John Justin, Agnes Moorehead, Rita Moreno, Hope Emerson, Brad Dexter, Henry O’Neill, Eleanor Audley, Kevin Corcoran, Philip Van Zandt.
Cinematography: Leo Tover
Film Editor: Barbara McLean
Original Music: Franz Waxman
Visual Effects: Ray Kellogg, Matthew Yuricich
Written by Talbot Jennings, Frank Fenton, Michael Blankfort, William A. Bacher from a novel by Helga Moray.
- 2/16/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
“The Voice” fans are Not happy that Kymberli Joye was eliminated from NBC’s reality TV show just one week before the Season 15 finale. Based on the results of our recent poll, a whopping 74% of viewers said that Kelly Clarkson‘s gospel singer was “robbed” of a space in the finals. Conversely, only 26% thought that Kymberli’s placement in the Top 8 was “good enough” for her.
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Kymberli was one of four artists voted out of Tuesday’s Top 8 results episode, along with Sarah Grace (Team Kelly), Reagan Strange (Team Adam Levine) and MaKenzie Thomas (Team Jennifer Hudson). Unfortunately, since Kymberli and Sarah placed seventh and eighth overall based on their Monday performances, that meant they weren’t even allowed to say their goodbyes to the audience or to their coach, Kelly.
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Kymberli was one of four artists voted out of Tuesday’s Top 8 results episode, along with Sarah Grace (Team Kelly), Reagan Strange (Team Adam Levine) and MaKenzie Thomas (Team Jennifer Hudson). Unfortunately, since Kymberli and Sarah placed seventh and eighth overall based on their Monday performances, that meant they weren’t even allowed to say their goodbyes to the audience or to their coach, Kelly.
See Reagan Strange eliminated on ‘The Voice,...
- 12/16/2018
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
“Who could fail to sense the greatness of this art, in which the visible is the sign of the invisible?”—Jean GrémillonCinema is what you imagine, and what you imagine first, in the darkness where bundles of light thrown 24 times a second at a wall produce illusion, is movement, an electromagnetic record of the past conjured into motion by your mind’s eye. A vision. So cinema is alchemy, it’s mystery. Unlike television, which is ephemeral but endless, cinema is eternal yet ever ending. (Raúl Ruiz made an entire film from the short ends of another, and the studio system of Classic Hollywood was so dedicated to The End that it couldn’t go on.) Cinema is shadow, totality, the night.Not all film is cinema and not all cinema is poetry, but poetry in the movies is always cinema. And poetry is unknowable, like the films of Paul Clipson.
- 9/20/2017
- MUBI
Film actor and director who starred as a child in many of Walt Disney’s ‘live-action’ movies
The name Walt Disney immediately conjures up Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse cartoons, as well as perennially popular animated features such as The Jungle Book and Bambi. But Disney was also once a purveyor of “live-action” family-friendly movies that spotlighted child actors, a favourite among whom was Kevin Corcoran, who has died of cancer aged 66.
Corcoran’s acting career with Disney began at the age of six when he appeared on television in a Mickey Mouse Club serial called Adventures in Dairyland (1956). In it he played a pugnacious little boy named Moochie, a nickname that stuck to him throughout his childhood and beyond. Walt Disney was so impressed with Corcoran’s debut that he had a special role written for Moochie in another Mickey Mouse Club serial, Further Adventures of Spin and Marty,...
The name Walt Disney immediately conjures up Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse cartoons, as well as perennially popular animated features such as The Jungle Book and Bambi. But Disney was also once a purveyor of “live-action” family-friendly movies that spotlighted child actors, a favourite among whom was Kevin Corcoran, who has died of cancer aged 66.
Corcoran’s acting career with Disney began at the age of six when he appeared on television in a Mickey Mouse Club serial called Adventures in Dairyland (1956). In it he played a pugnacious little boy named Moochie, a nickname that stuck to him throughout his childhood and beyond. Walt Disney was so impressed with Corcoran’s debut that he had a special role written for Moochie in another Mickey Mouse Club serial, Further Adventures of Spin and Marty,...
- 10/12/2015
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Old Yeller child star Kevin Corcoran has died at the age of 66. The actor, who played the youngest son in the classic 1957 drama and went on to work as a producer on TV series such as Sons of Anarchy and The Shield, died Tuesday in Santa Monica, Calif., from complications of cancer, according to The Hollywood Reporter. His wife, Laura, tells THR that Corcoran passed away at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after a five-year battle with colorectal cancer (also known as colon cancer, rectal cancer or bowel cancer). Corcoran most famous role was that of Arliss Coates, the youngest son of Jim (Fess Parker) and Katie (Dorothy McGuire) and the brother of Travis (Tommy Kirk), in the post-Civil War...
- 10/8/2015
- E! Online
Kevin Corcoran, the actor who played the youngest brother in the 1957 classic Old Yeller, has passed away at the age of 66. Corcoran’s wife, Laura, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that he died on Tuesday, Oct. 7, at the Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Calif., after losing his five-year battle with colorectal cancer. The child actor, who was a Santa Monica, Calif., native, played Arliss Coates in the famed Disney flick. Corcoran also starred in The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson, and Bon Voyage. Following his [...]...
- 10/7/2015
- Us Weekly
Old Yeller star Kevin Corcoran has died, aged 66.
Corcoran passed away at his family home, his family has confirmed to Deadline.
The former child actor is perhaps best known for starring as the youngest Coates brother Arliss in Disney's classic adaptation of Old Yeller.
Corcoran would later have memorable roles in family films Pollyanna, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson and Babes in Toyland during his childhood.
After leaving acting behind to attend college, Corcoran worked behind the scenes with Disney on Pete's Dragon and The New Mickey Mouse Club.
In later years, he worked as both a producer and director on the long-running thriller series Murder She Wrote.
He was given the prestigious Disney Legend award back in 2006.
Corcoran passed away at his family home, his family has confirmed to Deadline.
The former child actor is perhaps best known for starring as the youngest Coates brother Arliss in Disney's classic adaptation of Old Yeller.
Corcoran would later have memorable roles in family films Pollyanna, The Shaggy Dog, Swiss Family Robinson and Babes in Toyland during his childhood.
After leaving acting behind to attend college, Corcoran worked behind the scenes with Disney on Pete's Dragon and The New Mickey Mouse Club.
In later years, he worked as both a producer and director on the long-running thriller series Murder She Wrote.
He was given the prestigious Disney Legend award back in 2006.
- 10/7/2015
- Digital Spy
Kevin Corcoran, best known to generations of film fans as the youngest brother in the classic, emotionally devastating Disney kids film Old Yeller, has died at 66, his family confirmed today. Corcoran enjoyed a career as a child actor before transitioning as an adult to a career behind the camera, working in various capacities on numerous films and television shows, including Pete’s Dragon, and most recently as a producer on Sons of Anarchy. Born in Santa Monica…...
- 10/7/2015
- Deadline TV
Kevin Corcoran, best known to generations of film fans as the youngest brother in the classic, emotionally devastating Disney kids film Old Yeller, has died at 66, his family confirmed today. Corcoran enjoyed a career as a child actor before transitioning as an adult to a career behind the camera, working in various capacities on numerous films and television shows, including Pete’s Dragon, and most recently as a producer on Sons of Anarchy. Born in Santa Monica…...
- 10/7/2015
- Deadline
Curious to know what movies are coming to Netflix Watch Instantly over the next few weeks? Get a head start and mark your calendars using the list below, just released to us by Netflix. Note: Listed below are just the movies, not the television shows. Avail 11/1 Artifact (2012) First known as an actor, Jared Leto has also found success in the music industry with his band 30 Seconds to Mars. This documentary follows the band as it makes the album "This is War" while battling recording giant Emi in a pivotal lawsuit. Babes in Toyland (1961) Ray Bolger, Tommy Sands, Annette Funicello, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Henry Calvin Composer Victor Herbert's operetta comes delightfully to life in this 1961 fantasy...
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- 11/4/2014
- by Movies.com
- Movies.com
If you haven't seen Copper - and you wouldn't be alone in that - the first original scripted series from BBC America got off to a storming start before the ratings fizzled out. It found itself cancelled after two seasons of Civil War-era dramatics in Manhattan's Five Points neighbourhood. According to Deadline, however, Copper is far from over. In fact, the scoop is that the creative forces behind the show are working on bringing it to the big screen, with a story that would pick up roughly where Lincoln left off, at a fascinating period in American history. The newly-unified states are still nursing deep wounds and the country remains in shock from news of the President's assassination. So we're talking Gangs Of New York meets Hill Street Blues? Sort of.Any big-screen treatment would no doubt use the show's protagonist, Irish immigrant cop Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), to get...
- 9/23/2013
- EmpireOnline
Exclusive: The BBC America series ends Sunday but Copper may get a second life on the big screen. One day after the network announced that the Civil War-era series would be cancelled after two seasons, I’ve learned that co-creator/executive producer Tom Fontana and fellow EPs Barry Levinson and Tom Kelly are considering a movie version. The extensive story arc work Fontana did on a third season has the veteran producer eyeing revamping the material for a movie, sources say, with the potential big-screen version said to look at examining life in America after the death of Abraham Lincoln and the years of Reconstruction. Copper, which Fontana co-created with Will Rokos, was BBC America’s first original scripted series and centers on Irish immigrant cop Kevin Corcoran in 1860s New York City. It premiered in August 2012 with 1.1 million total viewers, the largest audience ever for a BBC America series debut.
- 9/21/2013
- by DOMINIC PATTEN
- Deadline TV
Network: BBC America
Episodes: 23 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: August 19, 2012 -- September 22, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Ato Essandoh, Tessa Thompson, Kevin Ryan, Tanya Fischer, Dylan Taylor, Ron White, David Keeley, Franka Potente, Anastasia Griffith, and Kiara Glasco.
TV show description:
This crime drama TV series is set in 1864 in New York City and is filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder.
Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) is an Irish-American former boxer who became a police detective. He returns from the Civil War to find that his wife is missing and his daughter is dead. Corcoran struggles to walk a straight line in New York City's notoriously crooked Five Points neighborhood. Desperate to learn the truth about what happened to his family, he dedicates himself to seeking...
Episodes: 23 (hour)
Seasons: Two
TV show dates: August 19, 2012 -- September 22, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Ato Essandoh, Tessa Thompson, Kevin Ryan, Tanya Fischer, Dylan Taylor, Ron White, David Keeley, Franka Potente, Anastasia Griffith, and Kiara Glasco.
TV show description:
This crime drama TV series is set in 1864 in New York City and is filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder.
Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) is an Irish-American former boxer who became a police detective. He returns from the Civil War to find that his wife is missing and his daughter is dead. Corcoran struggles to walk a straight line in New York City's notoriously crooked Five Points neighborhood. Desperate to learn the truth about what happened to his family, he dedicates himself to seeking...
- 9/20/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
BBC America has canceled "Copper" after two seasons on the cable network. This Sunday's Season 2 finale will be the last of the series.
"After 23 episodes, with Lincoln dead and the nation starting to heal, it seems a fitting moment to conclude this American story," read a statement from BBC America's general manager, Perry Simon. "The opportunity to work with [executive producers] Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Will Rokos, Thomas Kelly and the extraordinary cast and crew on this journey is one that we are extremely proud of. Their vision to re-tell the immigrant experience through the melting pot of New York City was an original and fresh idea that melded well with the essence of BBC America's programming."
Set in Civil War-era New York City amidst the chaos of Five Points, "Copper" focused on the Irish immigrant experience seen through the eyes of a policeman, Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), trying to keep some semblance of order.
"After 23 episodes, with Lincoln dead and the nation starting to heal, it seems a fitting moment to conclude this American story," read a statement from BBC America's general manager, Perry Simon. "The opportunity to work with [executive producers] Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Will Rokos, Thomas Kelly and the extraordinary cast and crew on this journey is one that we are extremely proud of. Their vision to re-tell the immigrant experience through the melting pot of New York City was an original and fresh idea that melded well with the essence of BBC America's programming."
Set in Civil War-era New York City amidst the chaos of Five Points, "Copper" focused on the Irish immigrant experience seen through the eyes of a policeman, Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), trying to keep some semblance of order.
- 9/19/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Copper‘s Season 2 finale, airing this Sunday, will in fact be its series finale, BBC America has announced.
“After 23 episodes, with Lincoln dead and the nation starting to heal, it seems a fitting moment to conclude this American story,” BBC America Gm Perry Simon explained in a statement.
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Simon added, “The opportunity to work with [executive producers] Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Will Rokos, Thomas Kelly and the extraordinary cast and crew on this journey is one that we are extremely proud of. Their vision to re-tell the...
“After 23 episodes, with Lincoln dead and the nation starting to heal, it seems a fitting moment to conclude this American story,” BBC America Gm Perry Simon explained in a statement.
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Simon added, “The opportunity to work with [executive producers] Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson, Will Rokos, Thomas Kelly and the extraordinary cast and crew on this journey is one that we are extremely proud of. Their vision to re-tell the...
- 9/19/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
The second season of BBC America's Copper (Sundays, 10/9c) is set in 1865 New York. With the Civil War drawing to a close, Irish immigrant police detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) must deal with upheaval in the gritty Five Points slum as well as overall changes in the city. Copper executive producer and showrunner Thomas Kelly has chronicled New York history for years — his 2005 novel, Empire Rising, centered on the construction of the Empire State Building, and his TV credits include the New York-set Blue Bloods and The Black Donnellys. Kelly explains why Copper shines.
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- 7/12/2013
- by Michael Schneider
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Review Kylie Peters 24 Jun 2013 - 07:30
BBC America's Copper returns for season 2, and hits the ground running. Here's Kylie's review of Home, Sweet Home...
This review contains spoilers.
2.1 Home, Sweet Home
It’s February 5, 1865. Five Points, New York is every bit as seamy and depraved as we left it, and Copper wastes no time in throwing us back to the wolves.
First, a little recap. Detective Kevin Corcoran and company have foiled the Confederate plot to burn New York City. Elizabeth Haverford was in on the Confederate plot, but no one knows it yet. Corky’s former best friend and partner, Francis Maguire, is in prison for murder. He slept with Corcoran’s wife Ellen and then confined her to an insane asylum. It was Ellen who killed Corcoran’s daughter, by accident. Meanwhile the Civil War continues, and Lincoln’s assassination date is drawing near.
Almost three...
BBC America's Copper returns for season 2, and hits the ground running. Here's Kylie's review of Home, Sweet Home...
This review contains spoilers.
2.1 Home, Sweet Home
It’s February 5, 1865. Five Points, New York is every bit as seamy and depraved as we left it, and Copper wastes no time in throwing us back to the wolves.
First, a little recap. Detective Kevin Corcoran and company have foiled the Confederate plot to burn New York City. Elizabeth Haverford was in on the Confederate plot, but no one knows it yet. Corky’s former best friend and partner, Francis Maguire, is in prison for murder. He slept with Corcoran’s wife Ellen and then confined her to an insane asylum. It was Ellen who killed Corcoran’s daughter, by accident. Meanwhile the Civil War continues, and Lincoln’s assassination date is drawing near.
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- 6/24/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
**Spotlight Of The Week** Tonight, June 23, 2013 on BBC America The return of "Copper" Official synopsis February 5, 1865. Five Points remains a bedlam. Young men are dying and disappearing at an alarming rate and a career criminal is terrorizing the Sixth Ward. With pressures from Tammany Hall raining down upon the police force, Detective Kevin Corcoran and the coppers of the Sixth Ward must follow the guidance of returned ward leader, General Brendan Donovan. Meanwhile, Doctor Matthew Freeman visits his mentor and is presented with an attractive offer that will cause a rift in his marriage. Uptown, Robert Morehouse and Elizabeth Haverford make plans for their wedding and Confederate spy Kennedy.s execution. In the tombs, Francis...
- 6/23/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
The BBC America historical drama Copper returns for its second season full of angst, political plots, and forbidden trysts. It offers a world on the cusp of greatness but that is weighed down by the sins of its past. As fans and viewers discovered during the first season, the secret to this show’s success are its deeply conflicted and compelling characters. Helmed by Tom Weston-Jones as Kevin Corcoran, a cop quick to dole out frontier justice, but with a heart of gold, Copper’s rich cast brings the light into a dark world of crime in 1860’s New York City and the black-hearted men and women who reside there.
The first season saw Corcoran in dogged pursuit of his missing wife and the person responsible for the death of his 7-year old daughter. But all answers are not always worth search for as resolution of that mystery brought more tears of anguish than joy.
The first season saw Corcoran in dogged pursuit of his missing wife and the person responsible for the death of his 7-year old daughter. But all answers are not always worth search for as resolution of that mystery brought more tears of anguish than joy.
- 6/23/2013
- by Tiffany Vogt
- The TV Addict
A musty odor of manure, muddy straw and vegetables long since spoiled heightens the realistic feel of squalor.
On the massive Toronto set of "Copper," the details of Manhattan's Five Points in 1865 are precise down to the brush on the madam's vanity and Hebrew lettering on the pawnshop window.
In the mansion part of the soundstage, in front of a working fireplace, co-creator and executive producer Tom Fontana ("Oz," "Homicide: Life on the Street") and new showrunner Thomas Kelly ("Blue Bloods") chat about the changes for BBC America's original drama, which returns with 13 episodes for Season 2 on Sunday, June 23.
"As always the center of the universe is Corcoran," Fontana tells Zap2it. "He is trying to be a moral cop in an immoral society. He is trying to be a moral friend. A new element arrives in Five Points, in the person of Donovan."
Donal Logue ("Vikings," "Sons of Anarchy") is Gen.
On the massive Toronto set of "Copper," the details of Manhattan's Five Points in 1865 are precise down to the brush on the madam's vanity and Hebrew lettering on the pawnshop window.
In the mansion part of the soundstage, in front of a working fireplace, co-creator and executive producer Tom Fontana ("Oz," "Homicide: Life on the Street") and new showrunner Thomas Kelly ("Blue Bloods") chat about the changes for BBC America's original drama, which returns with 13 episodes for Season 2 on Sunday, June 23.
"As always the center of the universe is Corcoran," Fontana tells Zap2it. "He is trying to be a moral cop in an immoral society. He is trying to be a moral friend. A new element arrives in Five Points, in the person of Donovan."
Donal Logue ("Vikings," "Sons of Anarchy") is Gen.
- 6/23/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Chicago – Barry Levinson & Tom Fontana’s very good “Copper” is even better in season two thanks to the inclusion of the always-great Donal Logue as a detective returned to New York City after serving in the Civil War. Logue’s General Brendan Donovan brings a new dark energy to a piece that seems to be getting denser and more engaging as it goes along. The BBC America program is approaching “Deadwood” levels of plotting in the way the show focuses on a part of the world at a time when lawlessness seemed to be one of the driving forces of its formation. This is strong drama.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
At the start of season two of “Copper,” Detective Kevin Corcoran (an increasingly charismatic Tom Weston-Jones) seems to be getting more confident and powerful in New York but that power comes with more responsibility and more required wheelings and dealings with the elite.
Television Rating: 3.5/5.0
At the start of season two of “Copper,” Detective Kevin Corcoran (an increasingly charismatic Tom Weston-Jones) seems to be getting more confident and powerful in New York but that power comes with more responsibility and more required wheelings and dealings with the elite.
- 6/23/2013
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
When BBC America’s Copper wrapped up its first season last October, we left Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) in a pretty dark place. The Civil War-era New York police detective had just suffered betrayals from his wife and his best friend, and the last scene of the finale had Corcoran turning to drugs to deal with his despair.
Copper’s sophomore season picks up four months later, a jump that new showrunner Thomas Kelly decided to take “to get a fresh start but not move ahead too far out so we wouldn’t have any drastic changes to explain.
Copper’s sophomore season picks up four months later, a jump that new showrunner Thomas Kelly decided to take “to get a fresh start but not move ahead too far out so we wouldn’t have any drastic changes to explain.
- 6/17/2013
- by Emily Rome
- EW - Inside TV
BBC America's original series "Copper" returns for Season 2 on June 23 and a new trailer provides a sneak peek at the return to Five Points.
New cast member Donal Logue ("Sons of Anarchy") is featured in several parts of the trailer, while we only get a fleeting glimpse of fellow new addition Alfre Woodard ("Steel Magnolias"). Also watch out for guest stars Eamonn Walker, Lee Tergesen and Andrew Howard.
"Copper" stars Tom Weston-Jones as Irish immigrant cop Kevin Corcoran who patrols the Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City. While Season 1 was 10 episodes, BBC America has expanded Season 2 to 13 episodes.
Franka Potente as brothel madam Eva Heissen and Ato Essandoh as Dr. Matthew Freeman head up the supporting cast. Check out our top 5 shockers from the "Copper" Season 1 finale.
New cast member Donal Logue ("Sons of Anarchy") is featured in several parts of the trailer, while we only get a fleeting glimpse of fellow new addition Alfre Woodard ("Steel Magnolias"). Also watch out for guest stars Eamonn Walker, Lee Tergesen and Andrew Howard.
"Copper" stars Tom Weston-Jones as Irish immigrant cop Kevin Corcoran who patrols the Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City. While Season 1 was 10 episodes, BBC America has expanded Season 2 to 13 episodes.
Franka Potente as brothel madam Eva Heissen and Ato Essandoh as Dr. Matthew Freeman head up the supporting cast. Check out our top 5 shockers from the "Copper" Season 1 finale.
- 5/8/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Season two of BBC America's period police drama "Copper" is set to premiere on Sunday June 23 at 10pm, and the network has just released a trailer for the new episodes. The series, which is set in rough and tumble 1865 New York City, stars Tom Weston-Jones as Detective Kevin Corcoran, and is BBC America's first wholly owned original scripted series. Season two finds Donal Logue ("Terriers"), Alfre Woodard ("Steel Magnolias") and guest stars Eamonn Walker ("Chicago Fire"), Lee Tergesen ("Oz") and Andrew Howard ("Hatfields & McCoys") joining the cast, which also includes Franka Potente and Ato Essandoh. Check out the trailer below:...
- 5/8/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
BBC America’s Copper is gearing up for the summer premiere of its second season, and that means casting announcements. The cable network announced Thursday that Alfre Woodard, winner of four Primetime Emmys, will appear in the period crime drama’s second season.
Woodward has a five-episode arc in season 2, beginning on July 28, BBC America tells EW. The network describes her character, Hattie Lemaster, as “a former slave who has recently arrived to the Five Points to start anew. Jarred by raucous city life, Hattie must reconcile her past against hope for a future.”
Copper, BBC America’s first original scripted series,...
Woodward has a five-episode arc in season 2, beginning on July 28, BBC America tells EW. The network describes her character, Hattie Lemaster, as “a former slave who has recently arrived to the Five Points to start anew. Jarred by raucous city life, Hattie must reconcile her past against hope for a future.”
Copper, BBC America’s first original scripted series,...
- 4/11/2013
- by Emily Rome
- EW - Inside TV
BBC America and Showcase's Copper adds Alfre Woodard for second season as former slave Alfre Woodard has joined the cast of the Cineflix Studios drama where she'll play Hattie Lemaster, a former slave who's recently arrived in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan in 1865, reports The Hollywood Reporter. She joins Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Franka Potente and Ato Essandoh. The Civil War crime drama co-created by Will Rokos and Tom Fontana started has started production in Toronto on its second season and tells of detective Kevin Corcoran (Weston-Jones), an Irish-American detective...
- 4/11/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
BBC America and Showcase's Copper adds Alfre Woodard for second season as former slave Alfre Woodard has joined the cast of the Cineflix Studios drama where she'll play Hattie Lemaster, a former slave who's recently arrived in the Five Points neighborhood of Manhattan in 1865, reports The Hollywood Reporter. She joins Tom Weston-Jones, Kyle Schmid, Anastasia Griffith, Franka Potente and Ato Essandoh. The Civil War crime drama co-created by Will Rokos and Tom Fontana started has started production in Toronto on its second season and tells of detective Kevin Corcoran (Weston-Jones), an Irish-American detective...
- 4/11/2013
- Upcoming-Movies.com
BBC America has announced that the second season of historical drama Copper is set to premiere on Sunday, June 23rd. There are 13 episodes this time around.
The 10 episodes of season one aired last year, between August and October.
Here's the press release about season two:
BBC America'S Hit Original Series Copper To Return June 23
Teaser Trailer Featuring Music By Iron And Wine To Air Tomorrow
New York - Friday, March 29, 2013 - BBC America announced today, hit original series Copper, will premiere Sunday, June 23, 10:00pm Et/Pt. The first teaser trailer, featuring music by Iron and Wine, will be revealed tomorrow during BBC America's broadcast of Doctor Who at 8:00pm Et/Pt. Set in 1865 New York City, Tom Weston-Jones returns as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish-American cop who seeks justice for the...
The 10 episodes of season one aired last year, between August and October.
Here's the press release about season two:
BBC America'S Hit Original Series Copper To Return June 23
Teaser Trailer Featuring Music By Iron And Wine To Air Tomorrow
New York - Friday, March 29, 2013 - BBC America announced today, hit original series Copper, will premiere Sunday, June 23, 10:00pm Et/Pt. The first teaser trailer, featuring music by Iron and Wine, will be revealed tomorrow during BBC America's broadcast of Doctor Who at 8:00pm Et/Pt. Set in 1865 New York City, Tom Weston-Jones returns as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish-American cop who seeks justice for the...
- 3/30/2013
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
In a statement released this morning, BBC America announced that production is underway on Cooper Season 2 - and that Donal Logue has joined the cast of this well-reviewed 1865-based drama.
A TV Fanatic favorite for his roles on Terriers and Sons of Anarchy, the actor will portray Brendan Donovan, a General just back from the Civil War battlefields and stationed in Five Points.
Look for the character to assert himself as one of the most powerful men in New York's political machine.
Copper stars Tom Weston-Jones as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish-American cop who is after justice in mid-19th century Big Apple.
“Season two is driven by flawed and haunted characters living in explosive times,” says creator Tom Fontana. “Each of them is looking for renewal in the wake of last season’s revelations and violent upheaval. The ongoing storylines follow Detective Corcoran and company on their paths to redemption or ruin.
A TV Fanatic favorite for his roles on Terriers and Sons of Anarchy, the actor will portray Brendan Donovan, a General just back from the Civil War battlefields and stationed in Five Points.
Look for the character to assert himself as one of the most powerful men in New York's political machine.
Copper stars Tom Weston-Jones as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish-American cop who is after justice in mid-19th century Big Apple.
“Season two is driven by flawed and haunted characters living in explosive times,” says creator Tom Fontana. “Each of them is looking for renewal in the wake of last season’s revelations and violent upheaval. The ongoing storylines follow Detective Corcoran and company on their paths to redemption or ruin.
- 2/6/2013
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
"Copper," BBC America's Civil War-era detective drama, concluded its marvelous first season Sunday (Oct. 21) with a poignant and robust finale. "A Vast and Fiendish Plot" provided just enough answers to satisfy viewers -- while raising plenty of new questions to tantalize us until it returns for Season 2.
Here are five "fiendish" revelations from the "Copper" finale:
1. Elizabeth Haverford is a traitor. All this time the beautiful widow (Anastasia Griffith) has been supporting the Confederate cause. She's not completely evil, however: She did refuse to help the conspiracy's leader, Captain Kennedy, because he targeted innocent people instead of just burning the unoccupied structures. Or maybe she just doesn't want to jeopardize her luxurious lifestyle -- Mrs. Haverford, after all, equates poverty with "tragedy." And now we are really concerned about her relationship with John Wilkes Booth -- will she be part of the plot to assassinate Lincoln?
2. Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) is a hero.
Here are five "fiendish" revelations from the "Copper" finale:
1. Elizabeth Haverford is a traitor. All this time the beautiful widow (Anastasia Griffith) has been supporting the Confederate cause. She's not completely evil, however: She did refuse to help the conspiracy's leader, Captain Kennedy, because he targeted innocent people instead of just burning the unoccupied structures. Or maybe she just doesn't want to jeopardize her luxurious lifestyle -- Mrs. Haverford, after all, equates poverty with "tragedy." And now we are really concerned about her relationship with John Wilkes Booth -- will she be part of the plot to assassinate Lincoln?
2. Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) is a hero.
- 10/22/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
BBC America has renewed Copper, their gritty period drama, for a second season of 13 episodes. There's no word on when they'll air yet but the 10th and final episode of the first season airs this Sunday.
Set in New York City in 1864, Copper follows Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an Irish-American former boxer. He returns from the Civil War with wealthy Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) and African-American Doctor Matthew Freeman (Ato Essandoh) to find that his wife is missing and his daughter is dead. As a police detective, he devotes himself to seeking justice for the powerless in the Big Apple.
The cast also includes Tessa Thompson, Kevin Ryan, Tanya Fischer, Dylan Taylor, Ron White, David Keeley, Franka Potente, Anastasia Griffith, and Kiara Glasco.
Here's the press release with some additional details:
BBC America Renews "Copper" Ahead Of Sunday's...
Set in New York City in 1864, Copper follows Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an Irish-American former boxer. He returns from the Civil War with wealthy Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) and African-American Doctor Matthew Freeman (Ato Essandoh) to find that his wife is missing and his daughter is dead. As a police detective, he devotes himself to seeking justice for the powerless in the Big Apple.
The cast also includes Tessa Thompson, Kevin Ryan, Tanya Fischer, Dylan Taylor, Ron White, David Keeley, Franka Potente, Anastasia Griffith, and Kiara Glasco.
Here's the press release with some additional details:
BBC America Renews "Copper" Ahead Of Sunday's...
- 10/19/2012
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"Copper" has been renewed for a second season, BBC America announced today (Oct. 18).
The engrossing, critically acclaimed crime drama -- the network's first original series -- centers around detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), a former soldier fighting crime and corruption in New York City's dangerous Five Points neighborhood during the end of the Civil War.
"Copper has proven to be a perfect fit for the channel," said Perry Simon, BBC Worldwide America's general manager of channels. "Our viewers have made it our highest-rated series premiere ever and highest-rated drama series ever. Production led by Tom Fontana, Will Rokos, Barry Levinson and Christina Wayne, along with the cast from both sides of the pond, truly captured the boiling pot that was New York City in 1864. We can't wait to get started on the second season."
Season 2, which will air in 2013. will also be longer: BBC America ordered 13 episodes compared to its freshman run of 10.
Anastasia Griffith,...
The engrossing, critically acclaimed crime drama -- the network's first original series -- centers around detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), a former soldier fighting crime and corruption in New York City's dangerous Five Points neighborhood during the end of the Civil War.
"Copper has proven to be a perfect fit for the channel," said Perry Simon, BBC Worldwide America's general manager of channels. "Our viewers have made it our highest-rated series premiere ever and highest-rated drama series ever. Production led by Tom Fontana, Will Rokos, Barry Levinson and Christina Wayne, along with the cast from both sides of the pond, truly captured the boiling pot that was New York City in 1864. We can't wait to get started on the second season."
Season 2, which will air in 2013. will also be longer: BBC America ordered 13 episodes compared to its freshman run of 10.
Anastasia Griffith,...
- 10/19/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
"Copper" has locked up another run. BBC America has given the green light to a second season of "Copper," the first original scripted series for the network. Also read: Tatiana Maslany Tapped to Star in BBC America's "Orphan Black" Sci-Fi Series The renewal comes ahead of the season one finale of the series, which airs Oct. 21 at 10 p.m. The series stars Tom Weston-Jones as detective Kevin Corcoran, a rugged Irish immigrant cop who's seeking justice for the powerless in 1864 New York City. The order expands the second season to 13 episodes. Since premiering...
- 10/18/2012
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Ato Essandoh, who plays Civil War-era Dr. Matthew Freeman on "Copper" is time-traveling to modern-day New York City for a guest spot on "Elementary."
According to CBS, Essandoh will play Alfredo, a streetwise recovering addict with a special talent for stealing cars. Alfredo will cross paths with Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) at a support group meeting, where his tough insightfulness will surprise them both.
Essandoh's Dr. Freeman on "Copper" is himself a skilled sleuth, acting as an informal coroner/crime scene investigator for Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) in New York's dangerous Five Points neighborhood.
"Elementary" airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on CBS, and you can catch "Copper" Sundays at 10 p.m. on BBC America.
According to CBS, Essandoh will play Alfredo, a streetwise recovering addict with a special talent for stealing cars. Alfredo will cross paths with Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) and Watson (Lucy Liu) at a support group meeting, where his tough insightfulness will surprise them both.
Essandoh's Dr. Freeman on "Copper" is himself a skilled sleuth, acting as an informal coroner/crime scene investigator for Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) in New York's dangerous Five Points neighborhood.
"Elementary" airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. on CBS, and you can catch "Copper" Sundays at 10 p.m. on BBC America.
- 10/9/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Hit series "Copper" is coming to a season one close. BBC America.s first original scripted series delivered the channel.s highest rated series premiere ever. The finale will change lives and New York City forever. With Confederate terrorists threatening to destroy the city as they know it, unexpected traitors will be revealed and once air-tight bonds will be broken beyond repair. From BBC America The gripping drama . filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder . will close its record-breaking season with Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) giving everything he has to protect his town from the terrorist attack he knows is coming. From award-winning executive producers Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson and Will Rokos, the season-finale of Copper...
- 10/9/2012
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
"The Empty Locket" was a real stunner, a bit of a step away from the procedural format Copper has followed in its first three episodes.
Thanks to the murder of the abortionist and it being she who pawned Ellen's locket, we did have the mystery of Corcoran trying to track down her journal to discover if Ellen had an abortion and paid for it via the locket. But there were no outside cases disturbing the lives of our core group, which was a nice change of pace.
Speaking of that locket, considering how often it had been ripped off of women's throats since we've seen it, I'm uncertain as to how Molly kept putting it back on her neck. If any necklace is so fragile it can be ripped that easily from the neck, it's going to take some time to get it back in wearing order. Yes, little things like that bug me.
Thanks to the murder of the abortionist and it being she who pawned Ellen's locket, we did have the mystery of Corcoran trying to track down her journal to discover if Ellen had an abortion and paid for it via the locket. But there were no outside cases disturbing the lives of our core group, which was a nice change of pace.
Speaking of that locket, considering how often it had been ripped off of women's throats since we've seen it, I'm uncertain as to how Molly kept putting it back on her neck. If any necklace is so fragile it can be ripped that easily from the neck, it's going to take some time to get it back in wearing order. Yes, little things like that bug me.
- 9/10/2012
- by carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
From Academy Award winner Barry Levinson and Emmy Award winner Tom Fontana, Copper is a gripping crime drama series, set in 1864 New York City, filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder. Copper airs Sunday nights exclusively on BBC America. Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an Irish-American former boxer turned cop, returns from the Civil War to find his wife missing and his daughter dead. Corcoran seeks justice for the powerless in the notorious immigrant neighborhood of Five Points. Bonded by battle to two Civil War compatriots – the wayward son of a wealthy industrialist and an African-American physician who secretly assists the forensic investigations – Corcoran is thrust into the contrasting worlds of elegant and corrupt Fifth Avenue, and the emerging African-American...
- 9/9/2012
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
From Academy Award winner Barry Levinson and Emmy Award winner Tom Fontana, Copper is a gripping crime drama series, set in 1864 New York City, filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder. The next episode of Copper is scheduled to air Sunday, September 9th, at 10/9c Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an Irish-American former boxer turned cop, returns from the Civil War to find his wife missing and his daughter dead. Corcoran seeks justice for the powerless in the notorious immigrant neighborhood of Five Points. Bonded by battle to two Civil War compatriots – the wayward son of a wealthy industrialist and an African-American physician who secretly assists the forensic investigations – Corcoran is thrust into the contrasting worlds of elegant and corrupt Fifth Avenue, and the...
- 9/4/2012
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
"In the Hands of an Angry God" was just another in an impressive string episodes to kick off Copper.
The subject matter of race relations after the Civil War, handled by a lesser drama, could have been so different. It has been, on many other shows, not portrayed so closely to the actual time in which our nation fought to, among other things, put an end to slavery. In New York City, in Five Points, the melting pot was about as full as you could get.
When an Irishman was found hanged by a negro child, all Hell broke loose. The Irish were calling for the "niggers" to be found and hung for his murder... before they were even sure how he died. That wasn't uncommon. What was uncommon was the way in which Copper handled the tragedy. Kevin Corcoran, as always, turned to his black friend, Doctor Matthew Freeman,...
The subject matter of race relations after the Civil War, handled by a lesser drama, could have been so different. It has been, on many other shows, not portrayed so closely to the actual time in which our nation fought to, among other things, put an end to slavery. In New York City, in Five Points, the melting pot was about as full as you could get.
When an Irishman was found hanged by a negro child, all Hell broke loose. The Irish were calling for the "niggers" to be found and hung for his murder... before they were even sure how he died. That wasn't uncommon. What was uncommon was the way in which Copper handled the tragedy. Kevin Corcoran, as always, turned to his black friend, Doctor Matthew Freeman,...
- 9/3/2012
- by carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Oct. 30, 2012
Price: DVD $49.98, Blu-ray $59.98
Studio: BBC America/Warner Home Video
BBC America’s period crime TV show Copper has a good pedigree of executive producers behind it, including Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson (Sleepers) and series creators Tom Fontana (TV’s Borgia) and Will Rokos (Monster’s Ball), Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, respectively.
Set in post Civil War era, Copper stars Tom Weston-Jones(TV’s Mi-5) as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish immigrant cop in the notorious immigrant neighborhood Five Points. As he tries to get justice for the powerless, Corcoran gets thrust into the two very different worlds of elegant and corrupt Fifth Avenue and the emerging African-American community in Northern Manhattan.
Meanwhile, a secret from the battlefield bonds Corcoran with two Civil War compatriots: the wayward son of a wealthy industriality and an African-American doctor who secretly helps with forensic investigations.
Both the two-disc...
Price: DVD $49.98, Blu-ray $59.98
Studio: BBC America/Warner Home Video
BBC America’s period crime TV show Copper has a good pedigree of executive producers behind it, including Academy Award-winner Barry Levinson (Sleepers) and series creators Tom Fontana (TV’s Borgia) and Will Rokos (Monster’s Ball), Emmy winner and Oscar nominee, respectively.
Set in post Civil War era, Copper stars Tom Weston-Jones(TV’s Mi-5) as Detective Kevin Corcoran, an Irish immigrant cop in the notorious immigrant neighborhood Five Points. As he tries to get justice for the powerless, Corcoran gets thrust into the two very different worlds of elegant and corrupt Fifth Avenue and the emerging African-American community in Northern Manhattan.
Meanwhile, a secret from the battlefield bonds Corcoran with two Civil War compatriots: the wayward son of a wealthy industriality and an African-American doctor who secretly helps with forensic investigations.
Both the two-disc...
- 8/30/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
From Academy Award winner Barry Levinson and Emmy Award winner Tom Fontana, Copper is a gripping crime drama series, set in 1864 New York City, filled with intrigue, corruption, mystery and murder. The next episode of Copper is scheduled to air Sunday, September 2nd, at 10/9c Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), an Irish-American former boxer turned cop, returns from the Civil War to find his wife missing and his daughter dead. Corcoran seeks justice for the powerless in the notorious immigrant neighborhood of Five Points. Bonded by battle to two Civil War compatriots – the wayward son of a wealthy industrialist and an African-American physician who secretly assists the forensic investigations – Corcoran is thrust into the contrasting worlds of elegant and corrupt Fifth Avenue, and the...
- 8/27/2012
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Warning: The following exclusive clip from BBC America’s Copper is not for the squirmy.
In the second episode of the series, which debuted last week to 1.8 million viewers, Det. Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) continues his child-saving ways by refusing to give up Annie’s whereabouts after hiding her away from her wealthy tormentor. But his heroic action comes at a price when members of a corrupt police force come knocking at his door.
Watch the clip below! (That Corcoran — what a guy!)
Click here to watch the promo for the episode, airing Sunday.
Related:
‘Copper’ series premiere: A big-city...
In the second episode of the series, which debuted last week to 1.8 million viewers, Det. Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) continues his child-saving ways by refusing to give up Annie’s whereabouts after hiding her away from her wealthy tormentor. But his heroic action comes at a price when members of a corrupt police force come knocking at his door.
Watch the clip below! (That Corcoran — what a guy!)
Click here to watch the promo for the episode, airing Sunday.
Related:
‘Copper’ series premiere: A big-city...
- 8/24/2012
- by Sandra Gonzalez
- EW - Inside TV
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
Warning: Significant spoilers follow!
BBC America’s first original drama has arrived amid much fanfare, and, at least from this reviewer, a considerable amount of disappointment. I’d had very high hopes for this series, but if the first episode is anything to judge by, and to be fair, it might not be, then this show just isn’t anything like it should be.
Copper is set in New York City in 1864. The American Civil War is still a thing, but it’s slowly winding down. Meantime, there’s poverty at a level so extreme it makes the streets of modern day Lagos look like paradise. There’s also racism, sexism and a police force so corrupt that the hero of the show is someone who is only slightly less corrupt than the rest.
That hero, Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), is a real problem. There’s...
Warning: Significant spoilers follow!
BBC America’s first original drama has arrived amid much fanfare, and, at least from this reviewer, a considerable amount of disappointment. I’d had very high hopes for this series, but if the first episode is anything to judge by, and to be fair, it might not be, then this show just isn’t anything like it should be.
Copper is set in New York City in 1864. The American Civil War is still a thing, but it’s slowly winding down. Meantime, there’s poverty at a level so extreme it makes the streets of modern day Lagos look like paradise. There’s also racism, sexism and a police force so corrupt that the hero of the show is someone who is only slightly less corrupt than the rest.
That hero, Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), is a real problem. There’s...
- 8/20/2012
- by Chris Swanson
- Obsessed with Film
When Mad Men's Joan Harris (Christina Hendricks) received her indecent proposal this season on the AMC period drama, viewers were sharply divided about her actions within the controversial and polarizing episode. But Hendricks' Harris is emblematic of a larger trend within television this year: the virtual proliferation of prostitutes within scripted dramas. Over at The Daily Beast, you can read my latest feature, "TV's New Prostitute Fixation," in which I examine the sudden proliferation of prostitutes on television, from Game of Thrones and Crimson Petal to True Blood and Copper, and what may be behind the trend. On BBC America’s period drama Copper, which premiered on Sunday, the first person encountered by Kevin Corcoran, the 19th century New York City policeman played by Tom Weston-Jones, is a child prostitute who promptly offers to “pleasure” him in exchange for coin. No more than 10 years old, Copper’s Annie (Kiara Glasco...
- 8/20/2012
- by Jace Lacob
- Televisionary
The premiere of Copper marks the BBC’s first attempt at a developing a show geared toward American audiences, something I didn’t realize anyone had any interest in. With recent hits like Sherlock and Downton Abbey, why fix the formula if it isn’t broken?
Then again, why not?
With the American appetite for British content experiencing a revival, now is the perfect time to experiment. Yet, it seems that in the alchemy of creating Copper, the BBC added a pinch too much America and left out some of the elements of British TV imports – subtle wit, standout performances and nuanced writing – that make them so enjoyable.
But that doesn’t mean that I think Copper is bad; I just don’t think it’s as exuberantly watchable as Downton Abbey or Doctor Who. Theoretically, Copper is solid ground for the BBC; it plays to its strengths. It's a period piece,...
Then again, why not?
With the American appetite for British content experiencing a revival, now is the perfect time to experiment. Yet, it seems that in the alchemy of creating Copper, the BBC added a pinch too much America and left out some of the elements of British TV imports – subtle wit, standout performances and nuanced writing – that make them so enjoyable.
But that doesn’t mean that I think Copper is bad; I just don’t think it’s as exuberantly watchable as Downton Abbey or Doctor Who. Theoretically, Copper is solid ground for the BBC; it plays to its strengths. It's a period piece,...
- 8/20/2012
- by lindseyckempton@gmail.com (Lindsey Kempton)
- TVfanatic
There are a host of shows created in the last decade that have tried to be the next Sopranos: Take a morally ambiguous protagonist, ideally involved in some kind of criminal endeavor, hopefully trapped in a difficult marriage or an otherwise fractious ongoing relationship. And there are just as many shows that have tried to be the next Wire — or anyhow, they’ve tried to be a version of The Wire that could actually attract a healthy amount of viewers, mixing the show’s specific strengths (twisty serialized narrative, massive cast, end-of-empire themes) with eyeball-grabbing affectations (sex, violence, sexy violence.
- 8/20/2012
- by Darren Franich
- EW.com - PopWatch
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