Tim Burton

By TODD GOTTULA The modest, two-story house on First Corso Street is where it all started. This is where Sam Umland and other boys in Nebraska City played baseball on a backyard diamond built by his father. Complete with pitcher’s mound, bases and backstop. This is where Sam regularly rode his tricycle to the home of his grandparents, who lived just down the street. And this is where his mom, Sarah, read to him and nurtured his love of books. “I grew up … [Read more...] about Film Scholar: Sam Umland’s Intrigue for Pop Culture, Media Drives Research