Reviews

Treating urban myth as reality, Irvine Welsh's Babylon Heights tells of four Munchkin extras' nightmarish treatment on the set of The Wizard of Oz. By James Redmond

Keanu Reeves battles against himself in A Scanner Darkly while Christian Bale returns from war bent on destruction in Harsh Times. By Declan Burke

Billy Leahy on Paloma Verga Weisz's exhibition of sculpture and paper works at the Douglas Hyde Gallery

As a child living in a country village, the local agricultural show was one of the highlights of the summer. My friends and I planned what to enter for competition – fairy cakes, maybe a few butterfly buns, a coffee sponge, soda bread, a few ducks eggs, summer fruit and vegetables.

M Night Shayamalan's attempts at irony fall flat in The Lady in the Water, but Monster House has a healthy sense of fun about its own genre of animation. By Declan Burke

Billy Leahy on Lars Arrhenius' entertaining show in Temple Bar

Darina Allen on her love of picnics all year round

The RHA begins its series of solo exhibitions by Futures artists with a strong show by Stephen Brandes

Two Rooms is a compelling piece of theatre, writes Colin Murphy

Darina Allen meets chef Peter Gordon, who makes adventurous, multi-ethnic food in his restaurants