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Film round-up: July 11, 2024
Happy sadface, moonshot scullduggery, trouble sleeping and Cage animal: The Star's critic MARIA DUARTE reviews Agent of Happiness, Fly Me To The Moon, Sleep, and Longlegs
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Agent of Happiness 
Directed by Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbo 

★★★★
 

 

 

Fly Me To The Moon (12A)
Directed by Greg Berlanti

★★★
 

Sleep (15)
Directed by Jason Yu

★★★★

Longlegs (15)
Directed by Osgood Perkins 

★★★

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