Holiday cheer from Spike Lee

@JoeLeydon Joe,You Are Too Funny. Spike

— Spike Lee (@SpikeLee) July 30, 2013

As I Tweeted back to Spike: Actually, we tried to see Ali together on Christmas Day 2001 -- but it was sold out. So we're long overdue to spend a holiday with one of his joints. (And this one, I must say, is a flick I'm looking forward to.) Besides, maybe the delay will give him more time for fundraising.

Trailer park: Spike Lee's Oldboy

Judging from this red-band trailer for Old Boy -- Spike Lee's remake of South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook's acclaimed 2003 vengeance drama, set to open Oct. 25 at theaters and drive-ins everywhere -- one thing is perfectly clear: Josh Brolin is playing one seriously bad ass. How seriously bad? Well, it looks like he gets the best of Samuel L. Jackson. No, really.