Howard the Duck Film Review Nov 20, 2009
Starring Jeffrey Jones and Lea Thompson, Howard the Duck opens with a scene of the title character relaxing in his home on Duckworld, a technologically-advanced world similar to Earth, only with ducks instead of humans ... Although not even close to Oscar-winning material, the actor who pulls the best performance is Jeffrey Jones as the Dark Overlord. (Suite101.com)
Celebrity birthdays for Sept. 27-Oct. 3 Sep 24, 2009
Actor Jeffrey Jones is 63. Writer-director-actor John Sayles is 59. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Basketball coach Howard Avery sentenced to 15 years Aug 28, 2009
05:54 PM PDT on Thursday, August 27, 2009. com Staff and AP Staff. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
John Hughes: an appreciation Aug 11, 2009
His movies turned adults and authority figures into buffoons - Jeffrey Jones and Edie McClurg in Bueller, Paul Gleason in The Breakfast Club - or bullies (John Ashton in Some Kind of Wonderful ). Part of the fairy tale of Hughes was that grown-ups suffer at the hands of kids, who get away with everything. (Boston Globe)
Ferris Bueller BD May 6, 2009
The rest of cast (Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Ben Stein, Charlie Sheen and Edie McClurg) are equally smart and witty in their own respective roles. Jones is wonderful as the goofy, alpha male principal who's lost his footing to a teenager. (IGN FilmForce)
BORDER ISSUES: We made the plea, but have seen no relief (9) Apr 13, 2009
Jeffrey Jones from the state of Chihuahua hoping for some help from south of the border. Our pleas were answered when Jones went to Mexico City and reported to Mexican Presidente Vicente Fox that we want to shoot Mexicans. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Pocahontas Died Young But Has Many ... Apr 7, 2009
Pocahontas Died Young But Has Many Progeny: 135 Surnames for Descendants of John and Pocahontas Rolfe. Pocahontas Died Young But Has Many Progeny. (Suite101.com)
ABC Trumpets How Japanese Use Obama to Learn English Apr 1, 2009
Jeffrey Jones, a professor of media and politics at Old Dominion University and author of the book "Entertaining Politics," said that Mr. Beck engages in "inciting rhetoric. People hear their values are under attack and they get worried. It becomes an opportunity for them to stand up and do something.". END of Excerpt. (MediaResearch.org)
New on DVD: 'Bolt,' 'Quantum,' 'Duck' Mar 27, 2009
The seduction is at least fascinatingly bizarre, whereas the rest (Jeffrey Jones is given a tired mad-scientist act to perform) is merely odd without being fresh. On the extras, Thompson, Jones and the filmmaking team Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz are fairly frank discussing brutal reaction to this undeniable curiosity. (USA Today -- Life)
One of the best fantasies ever made Mar 13, 2009
Poor Lea Thompson ( Back to the Future) has to treat this duck as her romantic interest, while Jeffrey Jones (the principal in Ferris Bueller's Day Off) evolves from a sympathetic scientist to the Dark Lord of the Universe. And they're the two best things in the film. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Craig Pieri Sentenced To 90 Years For Sexual Abuse Of A Child Feb 24, 2009
I have never been in this situation where I had someone who has been convicted of this many crimes, said Jeffrey Jones, Pieris attorney. Jones asked the judge to consider his clients apologies and said a lot had happened since a witness came forward with allegations against his client. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
