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Day 1953 death at age 29. hiddleston’s work ethic is admirable (and the actor’s performance overall is fine), but the hank Williams who appears here does not possess one of the most desperate and haunting voices in the history of recorded sound; he is an adequate singer, at best. this decision is typical of the puzzling choices that mar writer-director Marc Abraham’s sincere biopic, which fetishizes its period accouterments as if they were part of a glossy magazine layout, conjuring a mise-enscène at odds with the economy of gesture, lack of pretense and ruthless honesty that characterize the Williams esthetic. (the unlikely cinematographer is Dante Spinotti, longtime collaborator with director Michael Mann on such chic films as “heat.”). the supporting cast includes elizabeth olsen as hank’s first wife, Audrey; Cherry Jones as hank’s stern mother; and, very briefly, Memphis’ Jeff Pope as country singer red Foley. Collierville Towne 16, Cordova Cinema, Desoto Cinema, Ridgeway Cinema Grill, Stage Cinema. Kung Fu Panda 3 (Pg, 93 min.) Mo’ Po. Summer Quartet Drive-in. London Has Fallen (r, 99 min.) ★★ ½ lethal Secret Service agent gerard Butler returns to protect President Aaron eckhart and stab, shoot and crack much terrorist neck in this well-crafted if paranoiac sequel to 2013’s “olympus has Fallen.” less jingoistic but no less morally specious than its predecessor (the film dismisses the vengeanceinciting incident of its opening sequence — the U.S. drone-killing of innocent Pakistanis — as excusable collateral damage in the War on terror), the movie depicts a massively destructive, multiple-assassination assault on london, where the world’s leaders have gathered for the funeral of england’s (murdered) prime minister; the violent spectacle seems