Streaming on TELUS - August 2026

Hey everyone! Hope you're doing well and enjoying the warm weather! August is right around the corner, and another month means another new batch of great movies and shows to check out on Optik TV!

Remember, you can catch all the hottest new content as part of our awesome Stream+ package to get Netflix Premium, Disney+ and Prime Video all at a discounted rate!

Let's take a look at some of the highly anticipated titles streaming in August as well as what I'm hooked on now!

Coming in August

August 7 - The Last House - Netflix

Highly anticipated sci-fi thriller about a family of four suddenly sealed inside their house with no way out, working to survive the ominous threat keeping them trapped.

August 28 - The Whisper Man - Netflix

Robert De Niro and Adam Scott star in this crime thriller about a widowed crime writer looking to his estranged detective father for help finding his abducted son.

Most Anticipated

The Whisper Man

When his son is abducted, a widowed crime writer (Adam Scott) looks to his estranged detective father (Robert De Niro) for help. The leads in this movie alone warrant making it must-see TV, but fortunately it also looks like a sharply written, gritty crime thriller. All of the makings for something that's right up my alley. I love these stories with twists and turns to keep you on the edge of your seat, and The Whisper Man looks to deliver and then some.

I'm definitely getting some Osgood Perkins meets David Fincher vibes from this trailer, and I cannot wait. I love how a decades old serial killer case seems connected, and how it looks like the complex themes of parenthood and grief play a major role as well. Easily one of my most anticipated movies this summer, I can't wait to watch The Whisper Man when it drops August 28 only on Netflix!

What I'm Watching Now

I Will Find You - Netflix

I just finished the taut thriller series I Will Find You, and I can't recommend it enough. Sam Worthington leads a terrific cast as he portrays David Burroughs. A father currently sitting on Death Row for the murder of his child five years prior. When someone close alerts him that his son may actually still be alive, David must find a way to escape and find his son. Along the way as the mystery unravels, he discovers not only who took his child, but why.

I loved the pacing and suspense of this series. There's little to no wasted time as each episode moves briskly toward its surprising conclusion. Worthington shines in the everyman role, on the run from the FBI as he attempts to solve the mystery and find his son, Matthew. If you're looking for a fast paced thriller with enough twists and turns to really keep you on your toes, look no further. The entire limited series is streaming now only on Netflix!

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